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Myanmar: Mahamuni Pagoda Festival, Mandalay

05/02/2019 - 19/02/2019 All day
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Mandalay locals celebrate the full-moon eve of Thabodwe by converging on the Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay, home to a massive gold-encrusted Buddha statue. More devoted believers will stay for two full days to hear a Buddhist philosophical text read straight through by monks.

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