Tallah Pya-that. Funeral car and spire.
![Threshing Paddy](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gp5u9g4M4l9pVpjp4FyqivVqirFp2nsYB_ANUBBmkdGEQRCnUFEhDMeUgU_tJpaSoai-mywtbOjwgU35U1LSBq_1Isym6x1ieaUowIjPiiLDv5AlxAkFZAp18CSqnJHtfeNY/s400/Threshing+Paddy.jpg)
Threshing Paddy.
![Rahan Procession](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQpPoHlXLEe9t1QtoavxtUaoOs7WtBmSrNX47U1WGFELGB4_1gBEU1kZHMg9ta_EMsTVOt0hxfDYqencVS72mcjVhlFOjR6BgK6RGZ0P453gSWZ3qBZfaS5RoVvMIFNSs_mD8/s400/Yahan+Chwa+Thee.+Rahan%27s+procession..jpg)
Yahan Chwa Thee. Rahan's procession.
![Marionettes](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2-B80lB0VDdjDyczwogwwQ4FVWMpgHzkDQpKhyVU_9bPXgzU4JThYbl7YaMFpahEz-GKumE7RMl_o4cOyD1YOwqglTEczYpy-m-o8QR15gTRFD04bzSQC-zI7r4z0WGGEUR8/s400/Yok-thay-pweh.+Marionettes..jpg)
Yok-thay-pweh. Marionettes.
![Fire balloon](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aIPnhWodUsy4cHJEO-tS4gjM39lwVF5VegHXsQwqnE4RzdF0-p2w3w0Rcjg9ogsvT_BNgeCQE83V7gX3ZoNgYiuOYrqBuPTtc72B1Y_7pk1AD7OHP_Rxy7p9-ybzkHzgBVVn/s400/Mee-eim-byan.+Fire+balloon..jpg)
Mee-eim-byan. Fire balloon.
![A grand distribution of alms](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4306BqIcvV9tMt3MYYRWp8IgPWHkSGREF3lmrcgouZsuIF_EAD6wSL5iCv-VLrJ2EWStO-1rEbq18urBCCpJ-529jDtaSQyGPT78EQy5ikcOrrpA-PUeLzGPvYUIGBYgPwrUQ/s400/Sun-gyee-loung.+A+grand+distribution+of+alms+%28detail%29.jpg)
[detail from] Sun-gyee-loung. A grand distribution of alms.
"The blessedness of alms-giving is a doctrine carefully taught by the Buddhist religion, and the people esteem it a favour to be allowed to offer to their Hpoongyis. After the long Lent (WAH) is over, many of the young novices leave the monasteries and return to the world.
A month later, in the month TA-SOUNG-MON [November] there is a grand religious offering in the early morning as shewn in our picture. The whole body of Monks in the district or quarter pass in file through a covered way, and each receives as much as he and his attendants can carry."
![Bullock cart race](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dS0Oj9l_eWA-X3_tbhrG2NJnmIeFGgYlnFZuCv1oMBkpG9zD2CxgiHUWbePe3UPS9RSyLViRhZh9DSxRQWLjOS7Ayl3EXlh5tq3LH8O1Xu9NLmI203i9zGZm7EZ5MnHhRAeQ/s400/Nwah-leh-pyaing.+Bullock+cart+race..jpg)
Nwah-leh-pyaing. Bullock cart race.
![Pagoda smith](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgECPZTopIeYyUzUHVUgczDL8U80hHLIHpmVJjh3Xt1MgckR1NMKRceYGRwFXL2iDng8_Zw9tYb_WbzA6ejXaSbXetl-eSlVN0Pxki4_GTT4_yD3jGFkFe52hhBQ6lja3ZdlaNq/s400/Pagoda+Htee-smith.+Htee-lot-thama..jpg)
Pagoda Htee-smith. Htee-lot-thama.
![detail of monastery](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM3TC1woKwvbO9wgUmv8r8fbrH9I8XyWpSUC0mIDplPEiC3vtE9_E-fKC8rstb8PEhVlKW9KNjf5xIm-MsVN4Cgogt216ncEu9A8Cm-uowWgzk0BzqvrYAfrrorrc4yxw86Wn/s400/Hpon-gyee+Kyoung.+Monasteries.+%28detail%29.jpg)
[detail from] Hpon-gyee Kyoung. Monasteries.
![Elephant](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWTxpRW41CyCxmIF-Chz7oLrWRlDp9eXxEGnNf6w50z6Jmpj7XSujBsCkdfMZCdIbWW0efjlRsGmXYz5K1QgP0Z-43JxF6f9FCVhi1decE2P2k-Wvk3jV_7gWP2bT8pFhbTPi/s400/Sin-mya.+Elephants..jpg)
Sin-mya. Elephants.
![Burmese carpenter](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-H4JmIkrVP8E0jVlGtk6vB7ZGfl5OQEHzfwQjaTHiXi0YrAP8pHrp96PIkW7Olrg7-1ITFbA6gqGIsUXasB5tYQr5LBByKPqAqUt1B1frURVEIT1zix2qd0bj6mJanlhTTxa/s400/Burmese+carpenter..jpg)
Burmese carpenter.
![Cremation](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQEjXiYqihYzv3ldRR7YTXKTdZLouBOCmrDjzcBZNMlq1iYYWe5s_QBklMRSwY4HIq195fOfHMEhzszeLuxq_wTjjbJu9Exn9Ka7nJ2OZziLHOoA6VxsRt7CZ6UbUsPeq1_kh/s400/Cremation.+Mee-thin-gyo-thee+Hpon-gyee-bya..jpg)
Cremation. Mee-thin-gyo-thee Hpon-gyee-bya.
![A Burmese house](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAVtkrztBGxgVvuZs0cEUODZeHIl27zhCcuZ5mDQlyQd8ySv8rniXcQY_UPhYB34f-ulU6o-X-sVHj-l9YH1RHgGaB0GMlR4lmQZaJLdgkGYlY3-v3JFnbsC2TqxsIHn8ctg2/s400/Matayah-koung-eim.+A+Burmese+house.jpg)
Matayah-koung-eim. A Burmese house
![Gaudama Buddha](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQFaCQ9PQXdBcicPfKANij7eX57LK-D6WePuSQNoC-kYr_opohzXyacmg2TArLU83zuaF1VLv9bRKDH0t3AUgpJpnzgnYCuLFHV1mHUsFADGc5MNwjK4sNqfrBAfIOsH0SxrK/s400/Gaudama+Buddha.jpg)
Gaudama Buddha.
These watercolour sketches from 1897 were painted by a local Burmese artist. For each of the ~90 illustrations in the album there is an accompanying description by a missionary. 'Watercolour Paintings of Burmese Life' [Ms. Burm. a. 5] is online at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. {note the thumbnail view button at the top once you click 'Open Item'}. All of the above images were loaded at full size (the details come from unspliced zoomify screencaps) and were very slightly cleaned up - removing pencil additions and some of the most overt page staining.
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