The earthquake devastates Myanmar cultural sites
The powerful earthquake that shook Myanmar on Friday put to the test the historical and religious sites across the country, overturning the pagodas, collapsing sections of Buddhist monasteries and reducing the centuries -old monuments to the rubble, according to the photographs and videos shared by witnesses and verified since the times of New York.
In his last count on Saturday morning, Myanmar government said That over 3,000 buildings had been damaged, including about 150 mosques and pagodas.
Southwest of Mandalay, the 200 -year 200 -year brick monastery seemed to be largely destroyed. Levels of the building distinctive balconies He had collapsed around the voluminous internal walls.
To the south -East of Mandalay, a video showed the golden brown decorated of the Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda who overturned, to the screams of the spectators.
A few seconds later, the video showed their construction of five -story monastery by collapsing in front of them. Dozens of monks who lived in the monastery slept on the mats on the streets nearby on Friday evening. One of them, Moe Nat Ashin, photographed The scene.
Photo shared by Burmese human rights network He showed fallen minarets and domes of mosques in different parts of the country. The online store Mizzima, citing officials and local residents, reported that 490 people were killed in the mosque collapses on Friday.
In Pingaya, 70 miles from the epicenter, the Buddhist monuments known as the stupa who adorned a large monastery were overturned and the cracks divided the foundations of the other survivors.
Around the stupa, the remains of Guglie Guglie and red bricks common to the region have dirty the ground.
In a video of witnesses, the spectators moaned while the upper part of the greatest stupas in the monastery crumbled in a shock of settlement.
“Pintya felt some earthquakes before, but not as strong as today,” said Tun Tun Aye, administrator of a Facebook page for the monastery. He said it was believed that the stupa had more than a century and that he did not know how the monastery would be restored.
In Nepal in 2015, Billions of dollars have been promised Towards the reconstruction after two earthquakes they devastated the country. Initially hindered by bureaucracyThe restoration led to a Resurgence in traditional craftsmanship in the country.
But in Myanmar, who is ruled by a military junta This has terrified the civil areas as it fights a rebellious movement, establishing an effort of unified and internationally supported reconstruction will probably be more demanding.
