Pekon, Myanmar, April 25, 2025 (AFP) - Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival

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2025-04-25

A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene. But the villagers who set it ablaze dance below in a ceremony celebrating the inferno as a moment of regeneration and hope. "It's a tradition from our ancestors," said Joseph, a youth leader from Tha Yu village in Myanmar's eastern Shan state. "It's the only way we survive," added Joseph, who goes by only one name. Every year......

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