In Burma, religion is omnipresent. Applying gold leaf to a holy image is an ancestral practice carried out to earn the merits proper to the Burmese Buddhist religion. Everywhere, on dazzling stupas, imposing Buddhas, sacred rocks defying the laws of gravity and even in mysterious caves, the faithful from all over the country affix the gold leaf, layer upon layer.
a Photo report by Patrick Blanche/LightMediation
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