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![Breakfast is served to novice monks on squat wooden tables in Nyaung U, a town near Bagan.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/1b47ae3a-9895-4504-b9bc-ba1595aa4609/Ym_130502_11877_xgaplus.jpg)
![A web of scaffolding surrounds a temple spire in Bagan. The city's ancient spires are often repaired by rich families seeking...](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/c619dc37-4da6-4d02-b2c8-889b1cc890a2/Ym_130502_11698_xgaplus.jpg)
A web of scaffolding surrounds a temple spire in Bagan. The city's ancient spires are often repaired by rich families seeking to 'make merit' or shore up karmic goodwill that will carry on into their next lives.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 6000x4000 pixels (20x13.3 in / 50.8x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: 7 Days in Myanmar, Asia, Asian, Bagan, Burma, construction, from below, Myanmar, Person, Pha Tha Da Pagoda, repair, scaffolding, Sky, southeast asia, spire, stairs, temple
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