shwedagon pagoda festival

After that, the ruling junta halted the annual pagoda festival at Shwedagon for what they called "security reasons," said Khin Maung Aye, a Buddhist scholar and an organizer of the event. "My son is 22. He was born in 1989,...


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Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon


Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon


Shwedagon Pagoda Festival


On 22 February 2012 devotees celebrated the annual Shwedagon Pagoda Festival

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Vast crowds were gathering Wednesday at Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine to celebrate a festival banned for more than 20 years under the former military government. The festival at the...
Festival Returns To Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda | News Headlines

Gongs chimed as thousands of people in ceremonial costumes walked barefoot Wednesday through the marble walkways of Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine in an annual festival that was banned for ...
shwedagon pagoda festival