http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/tazaungdaing-myanmars-festival-of-lights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tazaungdaing-myanmars-festival-of-lights Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/tazaungdaing-myanmars-festival-of-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-27259 May Ng Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=154113#comment-27259 You have been to Burma to witness change. And taste the fear and optimism-- in person. Only you can reflect on those moment and I can feel what you have brought back. After a life time away, seeing Burma through your filtered lenses makes me terribly homesick. I am homesick for a place that no longer exists. But I know that the same people are still there and struggling. I have forgotten about the Tazaundaing festival and a people who celebrate in abandon while avoiding cruelty and violence except when encouraged by the military. I think they deserve a chance at democracy and by giving them a little spotlight you have done your good deed. You have been to Burma to witness change. And taste the fear and optimism– in person. Only you can reflect on those moment and I can feel what you have brought back. After a life time away, seeing Burma through your filtered lenses makes me terribly homesick. I am homesick for a place that no longer exists. But I know that the same people are still there and struggling. I have forgotten about the Tazaundaing festival and a people who celebrate in abandon while avoiding cruelty and violence except when encouraged by the military. I think they deserve a chance at democracy and by giving them a little spotlight you have done your good deed.

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