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Photography from south-east Asia by Jon Sanwell

Red & gold | Lunar new year in Yangon

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Although Myanmar celebrates its new year in April, there was still plenty going on to mark the lunar, or Chinese, new year in Yangon last month. Lanterns were strung across the streets in the Chinatown district and the city’s sizeable Chinese community visited local pagodas to pray and burn incense. There was also a replica Great Wall of China (not to scale) in one of the side streets.

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7 Responses to “Red & gold | Lunar new year in Yangon”

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    bluebrightly

    The first and second photos, showing the buildings, really interest me – all those beautiful windows, and the air conditioners. 🙂 What a place of fantastic contrasts, like the lanterns and cars, beautifully done.

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