Kyauk Taw Gyi Paya stands at the base of Mandalay Hill.
There are two other paya. One is half way up and demands much climbing up
steps. The one at the top would have taken me hours to reach. So I was glad it
was Kyauk Taw Gyi that was celebrating.
As has become our custom, we went at the beginning of the
festival to avoid the crowds and to give Win Kyaing photo opportunities he
would not otherwise have. In the covered walks were stalls selling flowers – a
favourite being gladioli - and shining gold and silver paper flags atop slivers
of bamboo – also to offer to the Buddha.
Photos by Win Kyaing
The most
remarkable stall here was selling Buddha images. Some were carved in teak, but
the majority in thanakha, which has
far more uses than just cosmetic or medical. The tiny statues had the same
degree of fine carving as had the larger images and thanakha is a creamy colour
that lends an ethereal quality to the images.
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