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         		 Train in Yangon: by pizulli3, Views[193]
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         		 This monk looking for his way in a Bagan temple is like Burmese population trying to find its path towards democracy and modernity in the maze of its history. Cut from the global progress since the 1962 putsch, two generations have only known dictatorship. However, despite minorities repression we have encouraging signs: larger freedom of speech, release of Aung San Suu Kyi and hundreds of political prisoners... A step backward is unlikely now that the population can see the rest of the world.: by emmanuel, Views[232]
     
    Nuns standing apart look questioningly at the bustle around the hand-operated Ferris wheel. Emblematic of the mutations, youth adopt a new dress style conveyed by TV (satellite dishes are allowed since 2011). Jeans are replacing the traditional longyi. Karaoke clips are now performed by western dressed actors with modern house and ATV. After decades of oppression, population discovers the consumer society and parents don't want their kids to be deprived as they have been. : by emmanuel, Views[333]
         		 Burma is the poorest country in Southeast Asia, with roughly a quarter of it's population living in abject poverty. Young children are often forced to work for their families survival by doing things like collecting bottles.: by zimmphotoz, Views[3827]
         		 Young kids spend their days hopping on and off the train with friends. They know the ins and outs of the line.: by zimmphotoz, Views[1304]
         		 Goods ands and people concentrate at the train stations. Because of the circle train, they have become the hubs of daily village life. : by zimmphotoz, Views[624]
         		 Within moments the rural lifestyle takes over. The lush landscape is dotted with everything from huts to houses, and farms to factories.: by zimmphotoz, Views[920]
     
    The Circle Train leaves the bustling city and traces a loop through the nearby pastoral countryside. It connects people and also allows for the easy transport of goods to market.: by zimmphotoz, Views[798]
         		 Intense life around the Golden Rock, one of the holiest places for the Theravada Buddhism. Till recently, westerners had to leave the top of the hill before sunset if they hadn't booked into one of the three government’s hotels. The drawback of the tourism rush is the inadequate accommodation capacity in Burma and the massive arrival of cash that has raised prices up to 10 in 18 months for activities related to tourism. As a side effect, locals may have difficulties to access these services.: by emmanuel, Views[365]
         		 A late afternoon at the U-Bein bridge. Peaceful, nothing looks to have changed in a country stucked into the past for 50 years, except some tourist boats in the distance. It's hard to imagine that in 2007 Mandalay, with the most important monastic population of Burma, suffered mass arrests in monasteries during the Saffron Revolution. Since western medias in early 2012 have promoted the opening of the country that occurred one year before, it has become destination #1 for travel agencies. : by emmanuel, Views[306]
         		 Orphans like here in Bagan are welcomed in monasteries were they will receive an education. And poor families will send there one of their sons to study. Every begging bowl belongs to a monk. In Buddhist families, every boy will spend 3 months in a monastery between the age of 5 and 15. In Burma, around 2% of men are monks. In 2006, some of them confided in me it was a way to have a decent life without the risk to be requisitioned by force by the military junta for building roads, pipelines...: by emmanuel, Views[693]
         		 Elderly woman watching the street: by jbertke, Views[245]
     
    Inle fisherman checking nets while smoking cheroot : by jbertke, Views[308]
         		 Local boat ferry on Inle Lake, feeding the birds: by jbertke, Views[284]
         		 Yandabo girls running through hay field: by jbertke, Views[324]
         		 Ngapali girl with Thanaka: by jbertke, Views[323]
         		 Almost every day, Thura, the 10 year old son of Manue and Hayma, (his name means bravery in Burmese), takes his father’s buffaloes on a walk to the river. The buffaloes enjoy their journey grazing along the way to finally take a dip in the refreshing river. Thura sometimes joins his animal friends in the water and plays with them. He told me that the water buffalo posing with him in the photo is his oldest friend. After I departed from this village, I was overwhelmed with how this small family lived in togetherness with themselves and nature; how much the mother forest has to give to its brave child if he can appreciate and value what she has to offer: by isma, Views[600]
     
    After preparing the campfire breakfast for the family, Hayma, the wife of Manue (her name means “forest” in Burmese) spends her morning hours cutting and laminating bamboo stalks into sheets and planks that serve as new walls for their small hut. Every year by the end of the monsoon rains, the bamboo planks have to be replaced and renewed to offer proper shelter for the family. Hamya explains that weaving bamboo is one of the ancestors’ techniques in the Shan Region: not only it shelters and protects us during the cold nights, but it also allows for the passage of the river breeze during the hot days.: by isma, Views[898]
         		 Every early morning, the 40-year old Manue, a son of Pushia, returns with his oxen from the nearby forest with a wagon full of wood. Dressed in his traditional Myanmar longji and a jacket to warm him from the morning cold, he has been following in the footsteps of his father since he was a child. Manue delivers the wood to some of the neighbors in exchange of goods (rice, vegetables, eggs, etc) and sometimes to the neighboring villages in exchange of money that helps him buy specific goods and medicine for his family: by isma, Views[764]
         		 Pushia, an 86-year old retired wood collector stands in front of his hut wearing his traditional Shan pants. Now, the grandfather of 4 kids has been living in this small village since his birth and has never encountered a foreigner since the last British occupation after the Second World War. Living a life without electricity, phone or television is not a great concern for him, he only worries that the sun will never rise again, and the wood will seize to exist. He is proud of all his tattooed body which makes him feel more connected to nature.: by isma, Views[920]
         		 Tucked away from Hsipaw town in Shan State, Nothern Myanmar, there is a small village composing of about 15 houses residing on the basin of a river. Surrounded by a dense forest, with a population of about 30 inhabitants, the village is home for villagers from different Palaung, Shan and Pa O, minorities and a prosperous natural plantations of sugarcane, rubber trees, banana trees and, rice fields : by isma, Views[946]
         		 Weary. As an ethnic minority in Shan State, she had seen years of hiding and tragedy, losing not only her people, but her known world as well.: by jrmy982, Views[831]
     
    Tentative. Hers is the face of Myanmar, gauging and suspicious of new visitors and western influence.: by jrmy982, Views[364]
         		 Open. Ready and expectant, he watches for something new.: by jrmy982, Views[317]
         		 Content. Fingers charred from work and pleasure tell of a simple and honest farming life: by jrmy982, Views[334]
         		 Grateful. His smile speaks a universal language after drinking the offered cola.: by jrmy982, Views[297]
         		 Weary. As an ethnic minority in Shan State, she had seen years of hiding and tragedy, losing not only her people, but her known world as well.: by jrmy982, Views[218]
     
    Tentative. Hers is the face of Myanmar, gauging and suspicious of new western influences.: by jrmy982, Views[396]
         		 Open. Ready and expectant, he watches closely for something new.: by jrmy982, Views[207]
         		 Content. Fingers charred from work and pleasure tell of a life simple and honest.: by jrmy982, Views[230]
         		 Grateful. The street beggar's smile speaks a universal language after drinking the offered cola.: by jrmy982, Views[1020]
         		 Schwethalyaung Buddhas feet: by andreagee, Views[398]
     
    Schwethalyaung Buddha: by andreagee, Views[1018]
         		 Anyone for dessert! : by andreagee, Views[406]
         		 Little red car that arrived to take us to Le Planteurs: by andreagee, Views[1381]
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