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RELIGION & BELIEF NatWorship 341 One of the most fascinating things about Myanmar is the ongoing wor- ship of the nat (spiri ...

RELIGION & BELIEF 342 To lure a natt to the pwe takes the work of a spirit medium, or nat- gadaw (natt wife), who is either ...

RELIGION & BELIEF 343 Christianity The CIA World Fact Book says 4% of Myanmar's population are Chris- tians. Anglican, Bapti ...

344 Arts & Architecture For centuries the arts in Burma were sponsored by the royal courts, mainly through the construction ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 345 if no respect for the what the original would have looked like. In Bagan, for example, all zedii wou ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 346 Lacquerware The earliest lacquerware found in Myanmar can be dated to the 11th century and sported a ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 347 Tribal textiles and weavings produced by the Chin, Naga, Kachin and Kayin can also be very beautiful ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 348 Classical Music Classical music traditions were largely borrowed from Siam musicians in the late 180 ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 349 backing band for the poppier stuff of other singers. One local afi cionado explains: ‘There’s no com ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 350 Cinema Myanmar has had a modest fi lm industry since the early 20th century and it continuestoday pr ...

ARTS & ARCHITECTURE 351 uk), which includes interviews conducted with the Burmese comic Zargana in 2007 before he was senten ...

352 Aung San Suu Kyi Since her release from house arrest in November 2010,Aung San Suu Kyi has been busy. She has been on the co ...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI 353 patient, nonviolent activism. She embodies what the people of Myanmar callawzaa – charisma and powerful mor ...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI 354 machine. Historian and author Thant Myint-U also recalls dropping by the Aris’ home in 1984: ‘Michael sat c ...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI 355 It was at this point, as the street demonstrations con- tinued to mount, that Suu Kyi decided to join the m ...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI 356 her, acting as her proxies to accept from the European Parliament in January 1991 the Sakharov Prize for fr ...

AUNG SAN SUU KYI 357 jailed NLD leader was briefl y glimpsed at the gate of her compound, tears in her eyes, silently accepting ...

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Survival Guide DIRECTORY A–Z... 360 Accommodation......... 360 Business Hours......... 360 Children................ 360 Climate. ...

360 Accommodation Myanmar has hundreds of privately run hotels and guesthouses licensed to accept foreigners. To get the licence ...