Saturday, 11 March 2017 YANGON: From spells to win back an errant lover to help communing with spirits, Myanmar’s mediums, soothsayers and wizards dabbling in the occult, are in high demand. Most people in the country believe in a brand of Buddhism laced with animism and magic, but since …
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Tuesday, 7 March 2017 In Southwest China, an effort is getting underway to restore one of the world’s biggest Buddhist statues. According to the cultural authorities of Chongqing municipality, the eight-year project will fully assess the colossal artifact and bring back its former grandeur. The statue, measuring 31 meters …
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Wednesday, 12 April 2017 BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta lifted restrictions on movement at the country’s biggest Buddhist temple on Tuesday, a month after police ended a siege of the complex whose former abbot is accused of money laundering. A 3-week standoff at the Dhammakaya temple between thousands of police and saffron-robed …
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