Burmese boatman rowing his craft on Lake Taungthaman near Amarapura U Bein Bridge, Myanmar (Burma), Asia.

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Burma (Myanmar) is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, with the Andaman Sea defining its southern periphery. Burma is ethnically diverse. The government recognizes 135 distinct ethnic groups. While it is extremely difficult to verify this statement, there are at least 108 different ethnolinguistic groups in Burma, consisting mainly of distinct Tibeto-Burman peoples, but with sizeable populations of Daic, Hmong-Mien, and Austroasiatic (Mon-Khmer) peoples. A diverse range of indigenous cultures exist in Burma, the majority culture is primarily Buddhist and Bamar. Bamar culture has been influenced by the cultures of neighboring countries. This is manifested in its language, cuisine, music, dance and theater. The arts, particularly literature, have historically been influenced by the local form of Theravada Buddhism.

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Size: 5371px × 3517px
Location: Lake Taungthaman, Amarapura, Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Photo credit: © Ellen Barone / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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