A man stands near burning paddy stubble during a slash and burn farming festival in southern Shan State’s Pekon Township on March 16. (AFP)

Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar ‘slash and burn’ festival

A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene.

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