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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2003. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Sisters sit in the shade near the Yangon River ferry crossing. For too many Burmese children there is simply not enough to eat.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2003. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2003. Four young monks return home, in a rhythm unchanged for centuries. Only a small percentage of the temples on the Bagan plain have active communities.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko listen quietly to readings from the holy book of the Palaung tribe. Both 17 years old, their marriage was blessed by everyone in the village.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon, 2003. On the streets of Burma's capital city, Shiva's trident helps a young Hindu boy survive. Yangon receives from the government only a fraction of the electricity it needs to function.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2003. Awaiting transport across the Yangon River, this Buddhist monk is a study in composure during the midday heat.
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw, Peinnebin Village, 2003. Women in the lead, Wan Tha's wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day's journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin, 2003. These rock breakers paused for only a moment during their punishingly difficult work. It is common to find women  and young men like these on road crews.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko listen quietly to readings from the holy book of the Palaung tribe. Both 17 years old, their marriage was blessed by everyone in the village.
    Burma.JDUNN.9.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin, 2006. The village chief ensures everything is in place the night before the wedding. Palaung tradition allows separation if the marriage does not work out.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Allowing herself some time to smile, Ma Ko is surrounded by assistants preparing her elaborate Palaung wedding headdress.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. This former hill station under the British is home to an ethnically diverse group of Burmese, including Pa-O, Palaung, and Danu tribespeople.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Just after sunrise, even on the wedding day, hard-working Palaung students can be heard singing their homework. A musical framework aids memory.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. A final journey for Aung Thein Thay, whose body has been blessed by Buddhist monks and prepared for burial.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. Attended by relatives, Aung Thein Thay?s body lay out for two days for villagers to pay their respects.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. Aung Thein Thay, the Myinkabar village chief, died at only 45 years old. The entire town participated in this religious blessing before burial.
    Burma.JDUNN.21.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar.2006. At dawn, young monks wait for Lu Ro Bi?s magical "paya pwe," or temple festival, to begin. Some of the temples remaining on the Bagan plain have active constituents.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. In the late afternoon, a Buddhist offering burns. Hundreds of temples remain on the plain, reminders of Bagan's glory days.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. These temple guardians watch over their small corner of the world. Even devout Burmese Buddhists also believe in "nats," or resident spirits.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Palaung children watch the whole village gather outside their window after the wedding ceremony.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Just after herwedding ceremony in the longhouse, Ma Ko takes a moment for a portrait. She and Wan Tha will be back in the fields two days later for the Palaung sesame harvest.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Early risers get a view of the food preparations. Most Palaung houses are built far off the ground to ensure their stability in the seasonal rains.
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw- .Peinnebin Village. 2006. Women in the lead, Wan Tha?s wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day?s journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts..
    Burma.JDUNN.1.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon, 2006. On the streets of Burma's capital city, Shiva's trident helps a young Hindu boy survive. Yangon receives from the government only a fraction of the electricity it needs to function.
    Burma.JDUNN.9.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2006. Four young monks return home, in a rhythm unchanged for centuries. Only a small percentage of the temples on the Bagn plain have active communities.
    Burma.JDUNN.7.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. In a variation on slash and burn agriculture, rural farmers in the hill country surrounding Kalaw rotate their plantings every season. This burned hillside is beginning to recover.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. An Intha villager tends to her plentiful produce, grown in ingenious gardens floating on the lake surface.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. : Friendly, curious and hard-working, these Pa-O students are on their way to school. A teacher in a village like this might make ten US dollars a month.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan. 2006. The brilliant gold of Shwe Gu Gyi beckons from across the Bagan plain. This temple is one of a small number that have an active caretaker.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin. These rock breakers paused for only a moment during their punishingly difficult work. It is common to find women  and young men like these on road crews.
    Burma.JDUNN.20.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. The great golden glory of Burma, Yangon?s Shwedagon "Paya", or temple, rises above the whole city.  This Buddhist temple is a national icon, a treasure of imagery and detail.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin. 2006. River transport is essential to the Burmese economy, whether it be on the great Irawaddy or the myriad smaller tributaries that gain strength during the rainy season.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Much of what can be done by hand is done so. Boats and river transport are crucial to the crippled Burmese economy.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
    Burma.JDUNN.15.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. The tastefulness of these calendars on display at an Intha market gives a sense of an essential Burmese decency.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State,Kalaw, 2006. A proud Pa-O mother shows off her child during a break in the January Sesame harvest. The hill country around Kalaw includes many Pa-O, Palaung and Danu tribespeople.
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  • Burma (Myanmar), Shan State, Nyaungshwe, 2006. Outside an Intha artisan's workshop, handmade parasols dry in the sun, which can be unforgiving  most of the year.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko are silent as they listen to the rules for Palaung marriages.
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  • BURMA(MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar .2006. Embraced by a reed mat, Aung Thein Thay's body was gently lowered into this last place. Wood is expensive, and the coffin was carried back to town.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. January is sesame harvest for the Pa-O and Palaung tribes who work in the Kalaw area. Wan Tha and Ma Ko returned to their labors two days after their wedding.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Myinkabar. 2006. Aung Thein Thay?s coffin is carried through Myinkabar, accompanied by a heavy triangular bell, and a priest scattering coins and paper wishes.
    Burma.JDUNN.16.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Ma Ko gets final advice before the ceremony. Her traditional Palaung clothing and headdress took two hours to prepare.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. A Palaung tribal elder blesses Wan Tha and Ma Ko by sprinkling water on them from a consecrated bowl.
    Burma.JDUNN.10.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
    Burma.JDUNN.8.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Sisters sit in the shade near the Yangon River ferry crossing. For too many Burmese children there is simply not enough to eat.
    Burma.JDUNN.6.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake, 2006. Trapping his catch between a conical net and the shallow lake bottom, this Intha fisherman?s hard work is not rewarded often enough.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. A Danu woman harvests the beautiful flowers their tribe is known for. The fertile hill country around Kalaw supports crops thee times a year.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. Many communities like this Pa-O village in the hill country around Kalaw have one great tree like this in the center. They are worshipped as "nats," or guardian resident spirits.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Thanlyin. For these brothers, life close to the Thanlyin River means at least some relief from the fierce heat that grips Burma most of the time.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, 2006.  Bagan?s rich spiritual history is marked by hundreds of shrines and temples. In an effort to attract tourists, the government relocated residents to "New Bagan," an uninspiring concrete town nearby.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko's parents exchange symbolic gifts before the ceremony. This is a ritual only, as there is no dowry custom among the Palaung.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Mandalay Division, Bagan, Myinkabar. 2006. Men from the village carry Aung Thein Thay's coffin high between the town and the blessing area near the gravesite. After the consecration, the decorations are removed.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. The Palaung rules of marriage are read to Wan Tha and Ma Ko by the village elder, a solemn moment in which both can reflect on what they have undertaken.
    Burma.JDUNN.12.life&d.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. A young Buddhist monk watches river boats ply by his temple, built half over the waters of Inle Lake.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Yangon Division, Yangon. 2006. Awaiting transport across the Yangon River, this Buddhist monk is a study in composure during the midday heat.
    Burma.JDUNN.14.cycles.jpg
  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State,Nyaungshwe. 2006. Three young friends return home. Most monks in Burma practice Theravada Buddhism, and as a whole, the Burmese people are unswerving in their belief.
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