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Yangon diary

13 Jan ’18
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Literary Travel. Tagged Letyar Tun, literature, Myanmar, San Mon Aung, Tan Dan Feng, translation, Yangon. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Dan and I are the only foreigners taking part in the conference, and all the information we’ve seen has been in Burmese, so we’re not entirely sure what’s going on. Continue reading→

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Abundance

21 Sep ’15
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Geography, History. Tagged Burma, Myanmar, Rangoon, Yangon. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Everywhere throughout Rangoon abundance prevails. There is an air of plenty about the place that cannot fail to strike the newly-arrived visitor. The people, male and female, look in good condition, clean, well clothed, well fed, and certainly happy in … Continue reading→

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As beautiful as a prince

27 Apr ’15
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Literature. Tagged buffalo, Burma, flowers, Myanmar, novices, prince. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

I do not know if other villages have this tradition; but in Gon Zaung, a village in central Myanmar, they used to have this charming custom: when a boy was about to enter the monastery as a novice, another family … Continue reading→

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Temple goers

22 Apr ’15
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Geography. Tagged Bagan, Burma, elephants, flowers, gold, monks, Myanmar, temples. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Visiting Old Pagan, Myanmar, November 2014 Continue reading→

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In Season

8 Apr ’15
By: Kate GriffinFiled under Geography. Tagged Burma, dreaming, fish, in season, market, Myanmar, reading, streets, vegetables, women, Yangon. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment

Street market in Yangon, Myanmar, November 2014. Continue reading→

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