Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 132

• December 2, 2016 18:36:32 Sue Bryant

  have its Country back again. It is really

  Surprising to see the quantity of jewels & precious stones

  which are on this figure, there seems to be

  thousands of them & at the foot is a great alter

  on which is placed fruit flowers vegetables & various

  other things intended as offerings to this god.

  after leaving this stage we continued our journey to

  the top of the hill, at the top is another large pagoda

  & in this there is four large Gods, although not as

  large as the other one they are very massive figures

  these were not quite completed & they were in various

  stages of painting & gilding. After looking Round this

  part we next went to look over the Landscape I may

  say that the hill on which these pagodas stand is the

  only hill on what is called the Great plane & standing

  on the summitt it is possible to see for miles all ways

  & the Country just looks like a great Billiard

  table. I may say that it is a curious sight here

  in the Early morning to see the Priests. They are all

  dressed in long saffron coloured robes & stand at

  various places with a great big bowl in there

  hands into which the people came & place food

  which is supposed to serve them until the next day

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