Worldview: Myanmar daily life

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APTOPIX Myanmar Daily Life

A Buddhist monk kicks a rattan ball during a game of Chinlone in Kawhmu, southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Sep 29, 2013. Popular Burmese sport Chinlone, a combination of sport and dance is played between two teams, each team consists of six players, passing a rattan ball back and forth with feet, knees and heads. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

APTOPIX Myanmar Daily Life

In this photo taken on Jan. 25, 2014, an ethnic Karen man smokes in Yathae Pyan cave in Pa-An township, Karen state, Myanmar. Yathae Pyan or literally "hermit return" is a historic site housing a statue of the Buddha and protective dieties. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar Daily Life

A man works at a hand-made umbrellas workshop in Pathein, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Myanmar Daily Life

A Myanmar boy walks with a bundle of water-crest in a Yangon street, Myanmar Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Myanmar Daily Life

In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 , an aged woman drives cattle to home after grazing them in Bagan, an ancient historic city of Myanmar. Local farmers struggle to make ends meet, growing rice in rainy season and peas and beans in winter and raise cattle. (AP Photo/ Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar Daily Life

In this Thursday, May 8, 2014 photo, salt makers collect salt from sea water in a salt field in Haigyigyun, Ayeyawady Delta, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south west of Yangon, Myanmar. Ayeyawady Delta, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south west of Yangon, Myanmar. Ayeyawady Delta is famous for salt production in the country. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar Daily Life

Three boys apply gold leaf onto a Buddha statue at a temple in Bagan, one of the old royal capitals of Myanmar Tuesday Nov 9 2010. The ruins of Bagan cover an area of 16 square miles (41 km2) in central Myanmar. The majority of its buildings were built in the 11th century to 13th century, during the time Bagan was the capital of the First Burmese Empire but haphazard and unauthentic restoration by the military junta in recent years has denied the site World Heritage Site status. (AP Photo)

Myanmar Daily Life

A girl watches from her improvised house in suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Myanmar Daily Life

A Buddhist monk takes photo at a temple in Bagan, one of the old royal capital of Myanmar on Tuesday Nov 9 2010. The ruins of Bagan cover an area of 16 square miles (41 km2) in central Myanmar. The majority of its buildings were built in the 11th century to 13th century, during the time Bagan was the capital of the First Burmese Empire but haphazard and unauthentic restoration by the military junta in recent years has denied the site World Heritage Site status. (AP Photo)

Myanmar Daily Life

In this photo taken Jan. 4, 2012, Myanmar residents view the skyline of the capital on the bridge of the east wing of the replica of Shwedagon pagoda in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Myanmar Daily Life

In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, Buddhist novice monks eat ice while lining up to collect alms during an annual pagoda festival in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar Daily Life

In this photo taken Monday, March 28, 2011, vendors sell snacks at Chaungtha beach in Ayeyarwaddy delta, about 322 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar Daily Life

Visitors arrive at the landmark Shwedagon Pagoda in early morning Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Myanmar Daily Life

A young Myanmar girl, her face coated with herbal paste, reacts to the camera as she plays outside her house on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Myanmar Daily Life

A man moves a big hand-made umbrella at a workshop in Pathein, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Myanmar Daily Life

Buddhist monks and devotees gild a Buddha statue with gold leafs at Maha Myat Muni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

APTOPIX Myanmar Daily Life

A man waits inside a bus to depart Dala district in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo)

Myanmar Daily Life

Myanmar's novice Buddhist nuns wait in a queue for alms in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Myanmar Daily Life

A Buddhist monk takes a shower in a monastery before taking his lunch in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo)

Lead Image Caption: In this photo taken on Feb. 21, 2013, a road construction worker smiles as she takes a break from work near Mong Pan town in central Shan state, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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