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Myanmar - Country in Transformation
Myanmar - Country in Transformation
Pagodas in the evening light, signs of the country's rich history and culture. Bagan, Myanmar.
Cattle herd. Bagan, Myanmar.
Shepherds driving home their cattle in the evening. Bagan, Myanmar.
Farmer watering his field at sunset. Bagan, Myanmar.
Fishermen beating with long sticks into the water to drive the fish into their nets.
Bagan, Myanmar..
Fisherman cleaning his shirt after work. Bagan, Myanmar..
Fisherman holding up his net with one leg. Inle Lake, Myanmar.
Fisherman in the morning, Inle Lake, Myanmar.
Two fishermen taking a a break to smoke a cigarette. Inle Lake, Myanmar.
"Floating" house. Inle Lake, Myanmar.
Man worshiping a Buddha statue. Bagan, Myanmar.
Young boy gets his head shaved as part of the initiation ceremony for novice monks, known as Shin Pyu. Bagan, Myanmar
Young boy cries of fear and pain during the initiation ceremony for becoming a novice monk. In Myanmar it is customary for every young boy to enter a Buddhist monastery. Bagan, Myanmar.
Young monk. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Monks on their daily tour through the vicinity of their monastery asking for food. Bagan, Myanmar.
Young monks during lunch time. Bagan, Myanmar.
Monk looking down into the yard of his monastery. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Young monk leaving his room in the monastery. Bagan, Myanmar.
Novice monk looking through a window with iron bars. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Butcher selling fresh meat on a street market. Bagan, Myanmar.
Men sitting in the back of a pick up truck that is caught in the evening rush hour of the country's capital. Yangon, Myanmar.
Traffic at night in front of golden Sule Pagoda. Yangon, Myanmar.
Young monk taking picture with his iPad of Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar and the largest gold pagoda in the world. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man walking at night. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man loading heavy palettes of cans into a truck. Yangon, Myanmar.
Two men working in the street. Yangon, Myanmar.
Nun contemplating in her convent, Mandalay, Myanmar.
Older nun in discussion about Buddhism and the life in a nunnery. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Young man strolling on the street. Yangon, Myanmar.
Young man gathering rubbish of a street market. Yangon, Myanmar.
Young workers pass by a "Healthy Zone Fitness Centre". Yangon, Myanmar.
Man dragging stack of bottle cases by hand for lack of a trolley. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man carrying a large sack in the hot sun and high humidity of the city. Yangon, Myanmar.
Young men chatting before the train leaves the main station. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man sticking his leg out of the window of a train. Yangon, Myanmar.
Monk resting on the bench of a train. Yangon, Myanmar.
Young boy selling tissues, cigarettes, and other small items to travelers in a waiting train. Yangon, Myanmar.
Women at central train station. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man at central train station. Yangon, Myanmar.
Little kid at central train station whilst the mother sells small articles to travelers. Yangon, Myanmar.
Ferris wheel near large street market. Bagan, Myanmar.
Temple of Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar.
Kids touching the inscriptions that visitors carved into the inside of the famous Mingun Bell. With 90,718 kilograms it is the largest uncracked bell in the world. Mingun, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
Female market vendor cleaning onions by throwing them from one basket to another. Bagan, Myanmar.
Man sitting at the entrance of a small store room., Yangon, Myanmar.
Truck driver. Yangon, Myanmar.
Man talking on a mobile phone. Bagan, Myanmar.
Monk sitting on a porch in front of an outdated desktop computer. Yangon, Myanmar.
Buddha statue in bronze casting workshop. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Marble stone craftsman chiseling the neck of a Buddha statue. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Craftsman cutting the smile into the face of a marble Buddha statue. Mandalay, Myanmar.
Marble Buddha statue wrapped in plastic film waiting for shipment. Mandalay, Myanmar.