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.
Statues of independence hero General Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
BY AFP