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    Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha. Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape...
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    Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား; MLCTS: hrwe ti. gum bhu. ra:, IPA: [ʃwèdəɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]); Mon: ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw (Burmese:...
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    Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Shwezigon Pagoda...
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    A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. Most...
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  • Thumbnail for Global Vipassana Pagoda
    ornamental umbrella piece donated by the Burmese. The main doors to the pagoda are wooden and hand-carved in Myanmar (Burma). View from the Arabian sea Night...
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    The Sule Pagoda (Burmese: ဆူးလေဘုရား; pronounced [sʰúlè pʰəjá]) is a Burmese Buddhist stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre...
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    Kyaiktiyo Pagoda (Burmese: ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးဘုရား pronounced [tɕaɪʔtʰíjó pʰəjá] or ဆံတော်ရှင်ကျိုက်ထီးရိုးစေတီတော်မြတ်; Mon: ကျာ်သိယဵု [tɕaiʔ sɔeʔ jɜ̀]listen;...
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  • buildings include Buddhist pagodas, stupas and temples, British colonial buildings, and modern renovations and structures. Myanmar's traditional architecture...
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    Yangon (redirect from Yangon, Burma)
    contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်;...
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  • Burmese traditional festivals are based on the traditional Burmese calendar and dates are largely determined by the moon's phase.[citation needed] Burmese...
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  • The culture of Myanmar (Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှု; MLCTS: /mranma yanykye:hmu/ ) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism. Burmese culture has also...
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    Bagan (redirect from Bagan, Myanmar)
    Bagan is the present-day standard Burmese pronunciation of the Burmese word Pugan (ပုဂံ), derived from Old Burmese Pukam (ပုကမ်). Its classical Pali name...
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    Wizaya Pagoda Ngahtatgyi Buddha Temple Shwedagon Pagoda Sule Pagoda Thayettaw Monastery Ye Le Pagoda Buddhism in Myanmar Burmese pagoda Kyaung Pagoda festival...
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    Pagoda festivals (Burmese: ဘုရားပွဲ; paya pwe) are regular festivals found throughout Myanmar that commemorate major religious events in pagoda's history...
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  • Thumbnail for Hsinbyume Pagoda
    Hsinbyume Pagoda (Burmese: ဆင်ဖြူမယ်စေတီ [sʰɪ̀ɰ̃ pʰjù mɛ̀ zèdì]; also known as Myatheindan Pagoda (မြသိန်းတန်စေတီ [mja̰ θéɪɰ̃ dàɰ̃ zèdì])) is a large pagoda on...
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    Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Uppātasanti Pagoda...
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    Burmese culture. Burmese artists have been subjected to government interference and censorship, hindering the development of art in Myanmar. Burmese art...
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  • Rohingya, Malay, Burmese Chinese and Burmese Indian), and Hinduism (0.5%, particularly by Burmese Indians). Nat worship is common in Myanmar. Nats are named...
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    contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Buddhism (Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ)...
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  • contains Burmese script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. Burmese names (Burmese:...
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  • Thumbnail for Shwemawdaw Pagoda
    The Shwemawdaw Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေမောဓော ဘုရား [ʃwè mɔ̀dɔ́ pʰəjá]; Mon: ကျာ်မုဟ်တ [tɕaɪʔmṵtú]) is a stupa located in Bago, Myanmar. It is often referred...
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  • Thumbnail for Peace Pagoda
    A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa: a monument to inspire peace, designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them...
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  • Thumbnail for Golden Pagoda, Namsai
    The Golden Pagoda of Namsai, also known as Kongmu Kham, in the Tai-Khamti language, is a Burmese-style Buddhist temple that was opened in 2010. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for Kyauksein Pagoda
    Kyauksein Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီ, lit. 'Jade Pagoda'), formally known as the Varocana Kyauksein Zedi (ဝေရောစန ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီတော်), is a Buddhist...
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  • Thumbnail for Kaba Aye Pagoda
    Kaba Aye Pagoda (Burmese: ကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီ; pronounced [ɡəbàʔézèdì]; also spelt Gaba Aye Pagoda; lit. World Peace Pagoda), formally Thiri Mingala Gaba Aye...
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    Kuthodaw Pagoda (Burmese: ကုသိုလ်တော်‌ဘုရား, pronounced [kṵðòdɔ̀ pʰəjá]; lit. 'Royal Merit', and formally titled Mahalawka Marazein မဟာလောကမာရဇိန်စေတီ)...
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    fought between the Burmese Empire and British Empire during the 19th century. The war resulted in a British victory with more Burmese territory being annexed...
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    Hti (category Pagodas in Myanmar)
    Shan: ထီး [tʰi˦]), a Burmese language word meaning umbrella, is the name of the finial ornament that tops almost all Burmese pagodas. The umbrella is an...
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    Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; Burmese: မော်လမြိုင်မြို့; MLCTS: mau la. mruing mrui., Burmese pronunciation: [mɔ̀ləmjàɪ̯ɰ̃ mjo̰]; Thai: เมาะลำเลิง ;...
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  • Thumbnail for Botataung Pagoda
    The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တထောင်ကျိုက်ဒေးအပ်ဆံတော်ရှင်စေတီတော် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; also spelled Botahtaung; literally "1000 military...
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