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...thousands of pro-democracy protesters near the golden-domed Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon. Facing us are hundreds of soldiers and riot police, who look on edge as they finger their assault rifles. The protesters, mostly ordinary Burmese clad in sarongs and sandals, appear undaunted, even jubilant. Defiantly, they chant a Buddhist mantra whose melody will haunt me for days...
...raids enrage the people. The lives of Burmese Buddhists are intertwined with the lives of the monks. Monks preside over marriages, chant over the dead; they shelter orphans, care for the sick; and they rely upon the people for food, medicine, clothes and shelter. "A devout Buddhist will not even step on the shadow of a monk," says a Rangoon resident. "When a monk approaches, we move aside to let him pass." And so, with soldiers and police still inside Ngwe Kyar Yan, hundreds of local people surround it. "We had no weapons and knew we couldn't compete with...
...city, beating and arresting monks. At Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery, the floors are puddled with blood, the thin dormitory walls perforated with holes from rubber bullets. The raids enrage the people. The lives of Burmese Buddhists are intertwined with the lives of the monks. Monks preside over marriages, chant over the dead; they shelter orphans, care for HIV patients and help schoolchildren cram for their exams. A devout Buddhist will not even step on the shadow of a monk. With soldiers and police still inside Ngwe Kyar Yan, hundreds of local people surround it. "We had no weapons," a neighbor...
...Essentially, they wear black crushed velvet hooded capes, sing a ritualistic chant at the beginning and end of meetings, perform a séance, and then vote on students, head’s up seven up style, if I had to guess. The Gatekeeper counts thumbs...
...lights were draped over every surface and rose petals dusted the heads and shoulders of the gathered crowds. Those unable to force their way into the compound stood outside on the street, waving banners and shouting "Long Live Benazir." Earlier, the crowd had erupted into the favored protest chant of the past six months: "Go Musharraf Go," an awkward moment indeed for party leaders currently negotiating a possible power sharing deal with the loathed President General Pervez Musharraf...