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Visual Points: Shans hold revered monk's birthday by thousands

Today 5 January is the 44th birthday of Khrubar Boonchoom Nyanasangvaro, the abbot of Mongphong, Tachilek, who left Burma in 2004 following travel restrictions imposed by the now defunct Military Intelligence Service(MIS).

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Visual Points:Shan costumes at Royal Flora

One of the stalls that earn modest attraction at the Royal Flora expo in Chiangmai is from the Shan migrant village of Piangluang, right on the border in Wiang Haeng, a district of Chiangmai.

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Panglong remembered

On 12 February, the Panglong Agreement that signifies full autonomy, democracy and human rights for all nationalities in Burma turned 60 years.

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Visual Points: The Woven Buddha

The first Buddha image woven was recorded to be in 1338, known by Shans as Phra Inn Hsarn (The Buddha woven by Indra, Lord of the Heavens). It is at the village of Mong Noong in Mongkhark township, Eastern Shan State.

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Visual Points: The second best thing

 

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