From time to time, especially in lower Burma, someone decides to float a Shin Upago image on a river down to the ocean. This is meant symbolically to return the saint to his home. It is an occasion for special festivities, at the end of which the statue is installed on a specially constructed raft [...]
Protection from all kinds of danger
May 9th, 2008 by Andrew Walker · 9 Comments
Tags: Burma · Cyclone Nargis