burmese female devotees from various walks life praying shwedagon pagoda

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Burmese female devotees from various walks of life praying in Shwedagon Pagoda Royalty Free Stock Photo

A group of people suddenly together sweep the floor in one long line in Shwedagon Pagoda Royalty Free Stock Photo

Burmese female devotees from various walks of life praying in Shwedagon Pagoda

Burmese women devotees from various walks of life praying in Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar. Buddhism in Burma is predominantly of the Theravada tradition, practised by 89% of the countrys population. Myanmar is the most religious Buddhist country in terms of the proportion of monks in the population and proportion of income spent on religion.