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28 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman prays by touching her forehead to the finger of a statue during observances of Thadingyut at Botataung Pagoda in Yangon. Botataung Pagoda was first built by the Mon, a Burmese ethnic minority, around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda, over 2500 years ago. The Thadingyut Festival, the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese Lunar month of Thadingyut. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist lent (Vassa). The Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from heaven. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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28 OCTOBER 2015 - YANGON, MYANMAR: A woman prays by touching her forehead to the finger of a statue during observances of Thadingyut at Botataung Pagoda in Yangon. Botataung Pagoda was first built by the Mon, a Burmese ethnic minority, around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda, over 2500 years ago. The Thadingyut Festival, the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese Lunar month of Thadingyut. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist lent (Vassa). The Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from heaven. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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