deutsche presse-agentur
yangon,myanmar
perched high on the wall of U Zaw Win's shop in Yangon is a small,unassuming tin. The 41-year-old car accessories in the city's Mayangone township,has for the past 15 years religiously allocated a share of his daily profit to the tin.
I never forget to save money for donation, he say,pointing to the box on an altar beside a small statue of the buddha and two vases full of flowers.
He estimates that the tin has collected almost US $ 30,000 over the years,all of it going toward renovations at the Shwedagon Pagoda,Myanmar's holiest buddhist site.
The 100-metre stupa which towers over Myanmar most populous city is currently wrapped in bamboo scaffolding as workers touch up its gold leaf covering and replace some of the solid gold plates that adorn its upper reaches.
Zaw Win ,his face beamming,say he has donated gold weighing a total of 45 kayattha to the pagoda. with a kyattha corresponding to just over 16 grams
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