Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Festival returns to Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda (AP)

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Buddhist devotees prepare to cerebrate the 2,600 anniversary of Myanmar's land mark Shwedagon Pagoda's establishment in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Vast crowds were gathering Wednesday at Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist shrine to celebrate a festival banned for more than 20 years under the former military government. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Amid the towering golden spires of Myanmar's grandest Buddhist shrine there was talk of politics and hope for the future as thousands came Wednesday for the return of an annual festival that was banned for more than 20 years by the former military regime.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120222/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_pagoda_festival

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