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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.
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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.
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  • 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. 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. 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), 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), 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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