Men practice leg-rowing during the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival on Inle Lake, southern Shan State, on October 19. (AFP)

Inle Lake’s boat festival’s return brings joy and sorrow

Thousands of Buddhists took to boats on southern Shan State's famed Inle Lake on Thursday to celebrate the return of one of the nation's biggest festivals, but the devotees' joy was laced with the sorrow of war.

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