MANDALAY, Nov 6 — Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar’s faithful — but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries...
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The rebels have also seized the hillside quarries that have for generations provided the marble that adorns Mandalay’s palaces and monasteries, as well as the shrines in ordinary homes. “They were detained by the local military column and were asked how they brought the stones out from the village as that area was controlled by the PDF,” they said.
The stone also resonates with the military that has ruled Myanmar for much of its history since independence from Britain in 1948.
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