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 | | After lunch we were eager to visit the jewel of Myanmar, its tallest landmark, the most famous and most revered, the Shwedagon Pagoda, believed to have a few locks of hair from the Buddha. |
 | | As a Catholic taught by nuns to be quiet inside a church, I felt uneasy seeing people talking inside the temple, but soon got used to seeing how comfortable the worshippers looked, as if the temple were an extension of their living room. |
 | | The way the hair is arranged, the length of the earlobe, the folds of the neck, the shape of the eyes, the drape of the robe, details indicating what period the Buddha figure was made, and which non-Buddhists do not notice. |
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