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Bagan
Burma
/ Myanmar
A four-week trip in July 2005
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Rangoon/Yangon -
Notes - Links
Page 2 Inle Lake
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Inle Lake Trek
- Kalaw Page 4
Mandalay
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Pyin U Lwin,
Hsipaw,
Namhsan
Page 6
Bagan
Bagan
Bagan, formerly Pagan, was the ancient
capital of several ancient kingdoms in Myanmar. It is located in the dry
central plains of the country on the western banks of the Ayeyarwady
River (Irrawaddy River), 145 km southwest of Mandalay.
UNESCO has long tried unsuccessfully to designate Bagan as a World
Heritage Site. But the chances are slim as the government has renovated
many temples and pagodas without taking into consideration their former
architectural styles.
Bagan is one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia and cover an
area of 40 sq-km. The majority of its buildings were built in the 11th
to 13th centuries. Bagan entered its golden period as a religious and
cultural centre in 1057. Just over 200 years later it declined, and in
1287 it was overrun by the Mongols of Kublai Khan.
Dhammayangyi Pahto
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Mahabodhi Paya |
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Thatbyinnyu Pahto
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Thatbyinnyu
Pahto
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Dhammayangyi Pahto
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Sulamani Pahto |
Payathonzu, Minnanthu |
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Minnanthu village
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Udsigt fra Tayok Pye Paya i
Minnanthu
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Udsigt fra Tayok Pye Paya i
Minnanthu
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En herlig udsigt om aftenen fra Tayok Pye Paya i landsbyen
Minnanthu i periferien af det arkæologiske område. På de røde,
tørre, støvede jorder omkring pagoderne driver hyrderne geder
rundt fra buskads til buskads. Langt udefra er køerne i en
mægtig støvsky på vej hjem til Minnanthu.
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Minnanthu
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Tayok Pye Paya i
Minnanthu
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Minnanthu
village
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Busser i Nyaung U |
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Mount Popa / Nat
worship
Mount Popa is 50 km
southeast of Bagan. Mount Popa is
in fact an extinct volcano which dominates the area with its
imposing expanse. At its foot is a magnificent rocky outcrop, a
table mountain topped with shimmering gold stupas - this is
Popa Daung Kalat, usually confused with Mt Popa itself. Popa
Daung Kalat is the favoured home of 37 Burmese nats
(animist spirits). For centuries newly-crowned kings of central
Burma made pilgrimages here to seek the nats' prognosis on the
future of their reigns. Pre-dating Buddhism, spirit worship is
central to Burmese life, and Mount Popa ranks as Burma's most
important spiritual power spot.
The Nats
are an extraordinary mixed collection of deities, including
spirits of trees, rivers, ancestors, snakes, and the ghosts of
people who have met a violent or tragic death. They like a
peaceful life, and they can wreak destructive vengeance on
people who annoy them. Originally they were numberless. But in
time a canonical number of thirty-six was fixed for them, with
the Buddha included as the thirty-seventh. The Nats were
worshipped with orgiastic ceremonies, and trance-rites of
spiritual possession. Even today
the Nats exert a powerful influence on the thought and
experience of modern Burmese.
http://www.circatrade.com/Nats.htm
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Jordnødder
kværnes til olie
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Jordnødder
kværnes til olie
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On the way
you may stop at one of the primitive roadside mills where you
may watch docile buffalos slowly circumnavigating the central
stone, grinding peanuts into oil. This is a good opportunity to
taste palm wine and jaggery, the local candy made from palm
sugar.
På vejen til Mount Popa ser vi fremstilling af jordnøddeolie og
palmevin. Saften fra kokospalmen opsamles i kar i løbet af
natten og hentes ned fra palmetoppen om morgenen. Saften gærer
og destilleres til en stærk brændevin.
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Templet
ligger på toppen af en
bjergknold
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Bemærk
pengesedlerne i tempeldekorationerne.
Mount Popa er hovedtemplet for nat-tilbedelsen i Burma. Udover
den sædvanlige tempeludsmykning er her også et stort antal aber.
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·
Page 1
Rangoon/Yangon -
Notes - Links
Page 2 Inle Lake
·
Page 3
Inle Lake Trek
- Kalaw Page 4
Mandalay
· Page 5
Pyin U Lwin,
Hsipaw,
Namhsan
Page 6
Bagan
Last update
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