Organisers of the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda Festival in Shan State said the incident would not affect the event, held annually on Inle Lake.

Organisers of the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda Festival in Shan State said the incident would not affect the event, held annually on Inle Lake.
A powerful earthquake shook central Burma on Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging scores of centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around the ancient capital of Bagan.
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Locals at the site of the Latpadaung copper mine were not invited to participate in the reconsecration of a hallowed pagoda.
June 5, 2009 (DVB), Burma’s leading state-run newspaper has allegedly underreported the death toll from a collapsed pagoda, whilst authorities have threatened those who pass information on the incident to…