Mandalay is Burma's cultural and religious center of Buddhism, having numerous monasteries and more than 700 pagodas. One of them is the famous Mahamuni Pagoda, housing one of the holiest Buddha images.
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Sticking gold leaf in the golden Buddha. This has been going on for centuries and, according to Lonely planet, the gold is 16 cm thick in some places.
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In this video you can see how goldleaves are made by hammering goldmetal in special paperleaves. After the hammering the leaves are very thin and are brought together in leaves from 3cm to 3cm. This leaves can you buy in a pagode and put them as offering on a Buddha. In the video is this the famo...
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