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The Asian Reporter Pacific Northwest News q Volume 27 Number 6 q March 20, 2017 q www.asianreporter.com Myanmar’s ex-colonial capital captivates with faded glory Dalai Lama appears on John Oliver’s show Page 3 Nike unveils hijab for Muslim athletes Page 7 CAPTIVATING CAPITAL. The hilltop Kyaik Than Lan pagoda offers a 360-degree panorama of Mawlamyine and remains a prime attraction for pilgrims, locals, and a trickle of foreign tourists. Despite the intrusions of modern technology and being Myanmar’s fourth-largest city, Mawlamyine (as Moulmein is now officially spelled) still maintains an air of distance from the world’s mainstreams, in part because of its geography. It’s a long, 186-mile road journey from the country’s international gateway of Yangon, the other options being a rickety train ride or sporadic flights. (Denis D. Gray via AP) lazy at the sea/There’s a Burma girl and tourists. Its soaring, gilded stupa By Denis D. Gray a-settin’, and I know she thinks o’ me.” go gleams on a ridge overlooking a city of The Associated Press AWLAMYINE, Myanmar — On the opening lines of Mandalay, verses greenery and watery expanses that have the stairway rising to imbued with nostalgia for the wind-swept retained links to the British colonial past Moulmein’s great Buddhist palms and twinkling temple bells the that Kipling chronicled. The Burmese shrine, the visiting British writer Rudyard young poet left behind for the gray skies of women he noticed can be seen there too, some wearing the traditional sarongs long Kipling was inspired to pen one of the most England. discarded in most of Asia, some chatting on Today, 128 years after Kipling’s anthologized poems of the English infatuation, the Kyaik Than Lan pagoda smartphones as they circumambulate the language. “By the old Moulmein pagoda, lookin’ remains a prime attraction for pilgrims Continued on page 2 M Naan Pizza features the flavors of India Page 13 BUY YOUR TICKET! THE ASIAN REPORTER FOUNDATION’S 19TH ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP & AWARDS BANQUET WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017. To order your ticket, call (503) 283-0595 or visit <www.ARFoundation.net>. The Asian Reporter 922 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 USA Overwhelmed by debt? Want a fresh start? KELLY K. BROWN BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY 503·224·4124 www.kellybrown.com ★ LOW-COST BANKRUPTCY ★ Free consultation ★ Stop foreclosure and garnishment ★ Evening and weekend appointments 520 SW Yamhill · Suite 420 · Portland 97204 · We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Code. PLAY THE NEW TOP PRIZE $888 Lottery games are based on chance and should be played for entertainment only, not investment purposes. Odds 1: 4.06. Payout 62%.