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their traditional culture and beliefs, from the long-necked ladies of the Padaung tribe to the
warlike Wa, whose fierce reputation remains to this day.
For the visitor, it's the images of old Burma - the spectacular temples of Bagan; the great
golden stupa of Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda at sunset; traditional leg-rowed boats bobbing
acrossInleLake-thatprovidethetouchstoneoftheBurmeseexperience.The politicalchal-
lenges faced by modern Myanmar, however, continue to cloud the country's future, despite
recent reforms, while the fight for democracy and justice goes on, symbolized by the unceas-
ing defiance of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and embodied by the many thousands of
nameless Burmese who have sacrificed their liberty, and often their lives, in the battle for
freedom over the past five decades. Given their tragic recent past, what is perhaps likely to
linger most in the memory is the sheer warmth of the Burmese people, starved of contact
with the outside world for so many years, and who remain among the friendliest and most
welcoming in Asia. Visit now, before it all changes.
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