burmese

burmese

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Khin Maung Nyunt sits outside a Buddhist Temple during Kathina, the offering of the robes to Buddhist monks, which marks the end of rainy season in Burma, on Nov. 1, 2014 at the Buddhist Temple in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Nyunt was a captain in the Burmese army until he became a political protestor and was thrown in military prison for three years without trial. “Burma was once the rice bowl of South East Asia,” Nyunt said. “I was brain washed by the dictator that the military was saving the people, but then day by day I noticed the poor condition of the people.” Nicole Boliaux/HERALD