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Video: Gold Leaf Makers of Mandalay, Myanmar
May 13, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck
Buddhists rub gold leaf squares on statues of Buddha or on holy sites, like Kyaiktiyo Pagoda. In Mandalay, Myanmar they make the squares, here is the process: “Only 24 carat gold is used. First, about 200 gm is pulled into thin wires, and then pulled through a press to form a ribbon 90 cm long Read Post
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Video: Time Lapse of Myanmar Pagodas
May 3, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck
These are time lapse shots of the Shwemawdaw Paya in Bago and Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma).
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Video: Sights To See In Hpa An, Myanmar
May 1, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck
While in Hpa-An, Myanmar we hired a driver to take us around the sights. It was a good thing we did, the caves, temples and other points of interest were spread out and would have been difficult to locate on our own. Some of the sights we saw included the Yathei Pyan (aka Yathebyan) cave, Read Post
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Video: View From Kyauktalon Taung, Myanmar
April 28, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck
This is what it is like to be on the top of Kyauktalon Taung, a limestone mountain near Mawlamyine, Myanmar.
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Video: Tour Of Win Sein Taw Ya, Myanmar
April 28, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck
This is what Win Sein Taw Ya (aka Buddha Park) looks like. It has a 90-year-old unfinished reclining Buddha that is nearly 600 feet long (the largest in the world). The statue was enormous and inside the enormous cement body was dioramas of the teachings of Buddha with captions in Burmese. It was amazing to Read Post
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