THE ENG-DAW-YD PAGODA: BURMA 



Pagodas greet the traveler everywhere in Burma, and are the centers around which the 

 rehgious hfe of the people revolve. There is at least one at every temple, and more than 

 one at every monastery. A pagoda is a solid edifice of brick in the form of a cone, and in 

 Z^.2^u'^' raised over a tmy relic chamber. There is no interior, the place of worship 

 being the surroundmg platform. Many of them, as, for example, the famous Shwe Dagon 



fr.r,T^''''\^'^ •°''^7'^ "^-^^ P"""^ ^I"^^ '^^^ ^^°"^ ^^^^ to summit, and making benefactions 

 tor their upkeep is a favorite way of acquiring merit. 



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