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Myanmar boat festival returns to joy and sorrow / 33YJ8JL
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Thousands of Buddhists took to boats on Myanmar's famed Inle Lake on Thursday to celebrate the return of one of the nation's biggest festivals, but the devotees' joy was laced with the sorrow of war.
The seventeen-day Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda festival sees four sacred Buddha images rowed through villages that dot the shores of the tourist hotspot in eastern in Shan state. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES