PRODUCTIONS: MYANMAR

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Fabio Picarelli

Acqua

50'

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From the Irrawady river to the beautiful Pagodas of Bagan, Myanmar gives the visitor incomparable sights and ancient sensations. Our exploration of Burma started with the Ayeyarwady River, once known as the Irrawady, that rises in the Himalayas near the borders with Tibet and southeast China and crosses the whole country until it flows into the Indian Ocean.
Although today’s Myanmar may seem like a closed country with many problems, on the banks of the river of a thousand pagodas life continues undisturbed, maintaining a connection with the past and the vibrant Buddhist culture that pervades this fascinating corner of the Orient.
Leaving the river up as we rode a horse and cart along the paths of this spectacular Burmese plain punctuated by thousands of ruins dating back over 800 years, the infinite towers of the temples of ancient Bagan, which we were finally about to see, let us remember the words of Marco Polo when he first saw the pagodas: "...They make one of the finest sights in the world, being exquisitely finished, splendid and costly. When illuminated by the sun’s golden glow, they are especially brilliant and can be seen from a great distance."