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BAGAN, Mandalay Division — At dawn, the elderly woman prepares to go to work. Hers has been a lifelong career, but she wishes it wasn’t so. [1]

BAGAN, Mandalay Division — With 200,000 tourists visiting in 2013, a 20 percent jump from the year before, according to Burmese Tourism Ministry statistics, it should be boom time for Bagan’s lacquerware businesses. [2]

RANGOON — A possible ban on temple climbing in Burma’s ancient capital Bagan is rumored as State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi denounced the controversial activity at the tourist hot spot during her visit this week, suggesting that alternative viewi... [3]

Heavy rains and flooding during the recent rainy season caused damage to about 1,900 pagodas at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bagan, and many of the ancient Buddhist temples are now at risk of collapse, an archaeologist told Radio Free Asia. [4]

While mandatory military service preoccupies much of the population, Myanmar’s junta is inviting public donations for restoration work in the World Heritage temple city of Bagan in central Myanmar. [5]

Sources
[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-05-01 · 100% match

In Bagan’s ‘Pagoda Slaves,’ a Devout and Discriminatory Legacy Lives On

BAGAN, Mandalay Division — At dawn, the elderly woman prepares to go to work. Hers has been a lifelong career, but she wishes it wasn’t so.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-01-22 · 100% match

Bagan’s Tourist Growth a Double-Edged Sword for Lacquerware Trade

BAGAN, Mandalay Division — With 200,000 tourists visiting in 2013, a 20 percent jump from the year before, according to Burmese Tourism Ministry statistics, it should be boom time for Bagan’s lacquerware businesses.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-01-26 · 100% match

Climbing Bagan’s Temples May Soon Be Banned

RANGOON — A possible ban on temple climbing in Burma’s ancient capital Bagan is rumored as State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi denounced the controversial activity at the tourist hot spot during her visit this week, suggesting that alternative viewi

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-09-29 · 100% match

Archaeologist: Some 1,900 pagodas at Myanmar’s Bagan in need of repairRFA

Heavy rains and flooding during the recent rainy season caused damage to about 1,900 pagodas at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Bagan, and many of the ancient Buddhist temples are now at risk of collapse, an archaeologist told Radio Free Asia.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-04-12 · 100% match

Magic and Bulldozers Bedevil Myanmar Junta’s New Restoration Work in Bagan

While mandatory military service preoccupies much of the population, Myanmar’s junta is inviting public donations for restoration work in the World Heritage temple city of Bagan in central Myanmar.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-28 · 100% match

In Bagan, Child Guides Eke Out a Living for Their Families

BAGAN — “Please do not record my voice or take photos of me. If they catch me I could be arrested and fined.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-02-16 · 100% match

International Partners Pledge Support for Bagan Renovations

International partners pledged financial and technical support in the restoration of central Burma’s quake-hit ancient Bagan pagodas, during a two-day international conference on the renovations, from Feb 15-16.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-03-13 · 100% match

Bagan Authorities Ban Heavy Vehicles Through Tharapa Gate

Authorities in charge of the Bagan temple complex said they have banned coaches and other heavy vehicles from passing through the Tharapa Gate in order to protect the ancient, vulnerable structure.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-08-29 · 100% match

Bagan Earthquake Repairs Will Take ‘Longer than Expected’

MANDALAY — The Bagan branch of the Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library said the renovation of earthquake-hit temples and pagodas in the Bagan archaeological zone of central Myanmar will take more time than expected to complete.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-02-27 · 100% match

Myanmar Military Chief Places ‘ Hti ’ at Bagan Temple Known for Divine Blessings

MANDALAY—Seeking divine blessings, Myanmar military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife on Thursday placed the “Hti” umbrella atop Bagan’s ancient Htilominlo Temple, following in the footsteps of some of Myanmar’s most powe

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