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Setting up for a serious family portrait |
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| Even in relatively affluent Bagan, one family can't pay for such an event, everyone contributes. |
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| The riddle of the 'leaves' I saw in Rangoon solved. They wrap beetle nut for a slow-release chew. A drug used widely all over SEA by both men and women, and produces a mild euphoric state. It helps them cope with a hard life. It also, after consistent, life-long use, first turns teeth red, then nearly black. |
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Bagan Initiation Festival
Burma
