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Venerating Buddha’s Teachings: Makha Bucha Day 2014

Buddha in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Photo by Miguel Vieira)

For Buddhist-majority countries in southeast Asia like Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, the full moon day of the third month in the lunar calendar is a sacred event, one that venerates the teachings of Buddha, a commemoration popularly known as Makha Bucha in Thailand. Among Burmese (Myanmar) Buddhists, however, the celebrations will start a week […]

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