The Myanmar’s Largest Buddha Image Woven from Bamboo Strips to Be Gilded

The Myanmar’s largest Buddha image woven from strips of bamboo in Thahton of Mon State, which has recently completed, will be gilded during upcoming Thadingyut month (September), according to the preservation board of the Buddha image.

It has, it is learnt, taken five Shan nationalities from Inlay of Southern Shan State one year and two months to have woven this Myanmar’s largest Buddha image, which is 31′ and 6″ in height from the strips of bamboo.  “Weaving the Buddha image from the strips of bamboo is now complete. We’re gilding it soon. We’ve for the time being suspended it because of rainy season. It has taken five people coming from Inlay of Shan State over one year to achieve it. A couple kinds of bamboo such as Wayar and Wanet have been used for it. Ten people have evenly split bamboo into thin strips. That’s why a man of doing so has got a handful of bamboo strips a day. We’ll gild the Buddha image during Thadingyut when the favourable weather comes out,” said Ma San San Htwe, in charge of the preservation board of the Buddha image.

U John, one of the community leaders of Thahton and Col Min Zaw, a chief of the artillery there have donated the sponsors of building the Myanmar’s largest Buddha image woven from bamboo strips and some K2 billion have been spent on the Buddha image and wages for construction of the building for it, it is reported.

“We are here to visit the pagodas around Mon State. We have been here because we’re recommended to see the Myanmar’s largest Buddha image woven from bamboo strips completed at the foot of Myathabate Mountain as we took a rest in Thahton. We haven’t hoped to see this Buddha image prior to our trip. We’ve been destined to see it all of a sudden,” said U Myo Tun, a pilgrim of Yangon.

This Buddha image is being said to be the highest one of more than the 20 Buddha images woven from bamboo strips in Myanmar.

There are at least around 100 pilgrims who visit this Buddha image a day, say the sources of the preservation board of the Buddha image.

Reference

http://www.myitmakhamedia.info/the-myanmars-largest-buddha-image-woven-from-bamboo-strips-to-be-gilded/

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