Shwedagon Pagoda
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The Schwedagon Pagoda has relics from all four past Buddhas, it is the most important pagoda in Myanmar.
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You have to enter all the temples with bare feet.
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Legend says that Shwedagon is 2600 years old, archaeologists and historians place it at about 600AD.
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Tony ringing King Tharyarwady's Bell, cast and donated in 1841.
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Tim rings King Tharyarwady's bell, it weighs 42,000 kilos!
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King Tharyarwady's Bell, cast and donated in 1841.
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Tim pours water over buddha, his spirit guard and the lion. This is in the "Tuesday Corner." In buddhism it is important to know what day of the week you were born on.
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All the important religious sites in the country seem to be under renovation.
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A young local fellow rings a bell at the Shwedagon Pagoda.
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I can't remember who this leprechaun looking guy is.
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The pagodas, and especially Shwedagon, are big park-like complexes. People go and just hang out with friends and family.
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A monk walks through the West approach to Schedagon.
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A lady preparing flower offerings for people to bring into the pagoda.
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Shwedagon Pagoda at twilight as seen from the Green Hill Hotel.
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