Burma . hich the mostextensive preparations are made. Every festival is signalised by the offeringsmade to the yahdn. But now they are literally poured in profusion, as theword implies {snn-ldnng). Yasamd—paths fenced with bamboo trellis, such asthose prepared for the progress of royalty—are got ready along the chiefthoroughfare. Through these on the morning of the great day the ya/idndefile in endless procession. As many as a thousand yakdn may be invitedto receive the Thadindyut offerings in a large town. The offerings are pouredinto the alms-bowls by the laity ; scholars are stationed at in
Burma . hich the mostextensive preparations are made. Every festival is signalised by the offeringsmade to the yahdn. But now they are literally poured in profusion, as theword implies {snn-ldnng). Yasamd—paths fenced with bamboo trellis, such asthose prepared for the progress of royalty—are got ready along the chiefthoroughfare. Through these on the morning of the great day the ya/idndefile in endless procession. As many as a thousand yakdn may be invitedto receive the Thadindyut offerings in a large town. The offerings are pouredinto the alms-bowls by the laity ; scholars are stationed at intervals to relievethe yahdn of their loads of offerings. After the yahdn come pothudaw andinHhild. Both ends ofthe yazamd are deco-rated with arches ofbamboo and aregroupedlife-size figures of my-thical import—dragonsto guard the entrance,princes and princessesof the nats to take partin the honour done tothe Thingd (No. 151).In the evenmgs fire- 415, ransom procession at FESTIVALS 185 balloons are sent off, and the rivers are illuminated with rafts carrying lampswhich are set adrift. Labyrinths of bamboo are erected round the zedi, whichentertain the children and especially the hill-people, who pique themselves, not
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