Myanmar, a land full of illusions - part 1

What do we know about Myanmar? The information that we have comes mostly from organisations that maintain a difficult relationschip with the country's leadership. They relate sometimes-extreme stories about the situation in the land, of wich without doubt many are true, but still there is an amount of scepticism attached. Forty years of dictatorship have left the people poor and repressed, but the opposition profits from the terrorising of the military and is therefore not the most reliable source.

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• Myanmar
• aung san suu kyi
• burma
• birma
• sule
• shwedagon
• yangon
• boeddha
• monniken
• inle
• mandalay
• moustache brothers
• bagan
• buddhist
• dictator

[ookauk]

good scene

[inuyakino]

country*



[inuyakino]

myanmar is definitely the countries with the most number of pagodas

[CUGS2009]

@x3u93n3x Dutch

[settamit]

@x3u93n3x : I think it is Dutch

[TheKazmis]

It is all wrong to say to say thatBurma gor poorer in dictatorship. The country is poor and not under the influence of Wealthy Countries who can pay LOANS and draw all blood from them. They are not getting any aid and hence under no obligation of world power. They are corruption free and living their own life not like Pakistan and India where poverty is there but show off and enjoying life at the expense of other is not exists.

[x3u93n3x]

btw, what language is this?

[x3u93n3x]

I like that the video started with Balloons over Bagan. I couldnt afford the $150/hr charge for flying, so its nice to see that on first view now!