[Leica] Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Mandalay

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

My hat's off to Esther.  Great shot!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 10:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] Mahagandayon Monastery, Amarapura, Mandalay


> Hello again Luggers,
> While in Mandalay we visited the Mahagandayon Monastery, located in 
> Amarapura, just outside Mandalay.
> Mahagandayon is one of the largest teaching monasteries in Burma and 
> between 1,600 and 2,000 monks live (and eat) in the monastery every day. 
> They take their main meal at noon and line up to march into the dining 
> room. Many tourists and believers come to see the monks and to offer alms 
> at the same time. It happens every day just before noon. We arrived 
> earlier to walk the grounds and see some of the preparations for the meal.
>
> While lining up to wait for the monks a butterfly landed on my M9 - how's 
> that for a blessing! Esther's quick work caught the moment:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Butterflyw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c95n67y
>
> Walking through the outdoor kitchen I took a turn stirring the stew. The 
> kitchen was not hallowed so I was allowed to keep on my sandals.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/HCStewStirw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/d2d98a8
>
> The monks stir the several vats of rice to keep it from sticking:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/RiceStir3w.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c7kr2gb
>
> Here is a two panel of the monks stirring:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/2MonkRicew.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bvdt2jm
>
> The novice monks wear white and are very young;
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/Novicew.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c5ru2kv
>
> The visitors give alms to the monks as they march along. US$ are 
> preferred.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/MonkMoneyw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/boge5z7
>
> Another view of the marching monks:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Burma2013/MonkMarchw.jpg.html>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/c7jjvhm
>
> Please look large. C&C always welcome,
>
> Howard (in HOT (by West Coast standards) Vancouver)
>
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