The almost
forgotten area of Sagar on the banks of the
Beluo Chaung river at the Shan Plateau near
Lake Inle, Burma.
Many old
stupas and Nat shrines in sometimes
miserable conditions, half overgrown by
the jungle - see photos- remember - there
was something here some times ago.
Before and during British colonial times the
region was ruled by a Sawbwa. All Sawbwa's
where eliminated during the time when Ne
Win, one of the worst communist - fascist
style dictator in Asia came to power after
the second world war.
One Sawbwa
killed on Ne Wins order was married to a
Austrian lady who followed Ne Win all the
way to Austria when he was there for medical
treatment. He was also under examined by a
Austrian psychiatrist and they afterwards
stated that is Ne Win was mentally sick with
a strong schizophrenia. That means that
Burma was ruled by a mentally sick person
for around 30 years, it somehow explains the
state of the country in resent days.
The route to Sagar is a boat journey leaving
Lake Inle southwards through the sometimes
murky
Beluo
Chaung river, lush green fields and semi
jungle give a pleasant view.
Passing Taung-to
village and its old pagodas one comes a
little bit later to Kyaing Kan Village where
monk's robes are made from fibers of the
lotus stems, a rather unique process not
used elsewhere. |
