PLATE XIII
Funeral Pyre of a Burmese Monk
A Pôngyi, or mendicant Buddhist monk, is in variably cremated, and his pyre is always decorative, and sometimes very elaborate. It is not fired by a match, but by rockets discharged by the villagers in the area of his ministry. These rockets are directed by guide-ropes, and the successful village expects good fortune, at least for the coming year. After a photograph by P. Klier, Rangoon.
