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Description: | Photograph of the preparations for a Burmese cremation, taken by Philip Adolphe Klier in the 1890s. This is a general view of an elaborate tiered pyre erected for the cremation, with spectators gathered around. Theravada Buddhism is the state religion of Burma and after death a Burmese person would be cremated. Monks, mourners and a band of musicians would accompany the coffin in a procession to the cemetery or place of cremation, where the pyre would be lit. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Klier, Philip Adolphe (c.1845-1911) | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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