BURMA - Daily life (32 images)

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  • A group of Burmese near the river crossing ferry in Bagan.

  • Dark streets on a rainy night in Yangon. Power cuts in Yangon and the rest of the country are common, most Burmese get electricity few hours a day.

  • A boy dives into Irrawaddy river from U Bein bridge, the longest teak bridge in the world. Amarapura, Mandalay Division, in central Burma.

  • A woman sells chillies in a market in Pakokku, Magway Division, in central Burma.

  • Par Par Lay (L), Lu Zaw (C) and Lu Maw (R) members of Moustache Brothers. This comedic trio from Mandalay mixes traditional performances with satirical criticism towards the military junta. .Two of their members spent 7 years in prison and have been detained several times.

  • A buddhist monk in Pakokku, Magway Division in central Burma. Pakokku monks where among those who ignited the Saffron revolution in 2007.

  • A puppet master practices with one of his puppets in a makeshift shack in Bagan, Magway Division, in central Burma

  • Visitors to Naypydaw zoo watch VIP guest, arctic penguins. Most Burmese have electricity just a few hours a day, but in the zoo of the new capital the penguins have more luxuries than most of their neighbours: 24 hours air conditioned and fish imported from Thailand.

  • Puppets belonging to a puppet master from Bagan, Magway Division, in central Burma.

  • A boy rides a bycicle through a pagoda complex in Bagan, Burma.

  • A kid in a makeshift shack in central Burma.

  • The expensive Naypyidaw pagoda, made of gold, is a replica of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in the former capital, Rangun. It has been named Uppatasanti (Peace Pagoda).

  • A fisherman in Inle Lake, in Shan State, central Burma.

  • Par Par Lay, one of the member of Moustache Brothers posing withs handcuffs. This comedic trio from Mandalay mixes traditional performances with satirical criticism towards the military junta. .Two of their members spent 7 years in prison and have been detained several times.

  • Naypydaw, the new capital since 2006 is a ghost town: empty avenues, empty buildings and a closed district for the military generals that rule this country.

  • A woman using a weaving machine in Inle Lake, in Shan State, central Burma.

  • A woman dining in the dark while she sells products in a night market. Power cuts in Yangon and the rest of the country are common, most Burmese get electricity few hours a day.

  • A group of monks cross the U Bein bridge, the longest teak bridge in the world. Amarapura, Mandalay Division.

  • Women working in a tobacco factory in Pakokku, Magway Division, in central Burma.

  • A burmese leaves a pagoda in Bagan, Magway division, in central Burma.

  • A young girl works packing and transporting heavy sacks of coal.












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