Show PAGODA BUILT ON BOULDER The pagoda s seen en in the the illustration stands on the edge dge of a hill about feet in height near the town of Lower Burma and Is built on n a large boulder which itself rests loosely on the edge of a projecting roc It Looking at the boulder from be- be one wonders how it remains remains- in Its position at It appears to be beIn bein bein In the act of slipping off oft Into Ino the ch below The movement Is rendered rendered rendered ren ren- dered perceptible by fixing a bent stick under the rock when the stick can be seen to bend and straighten slightly as the boulder is shaken by bythe bythe the wind wind It is said by the Burmese that the boulder is only kept In its place by the hair of Buddha buried under under un un- der del the shrine People from all parts of the country come annually in the month of March Match to worship at this pagoda The journey journey journey jour jour- ney necessitates a tramp of 20 miles at least of which ten miles Is a very stiff climb the path sometimes traversing trav tray ersing narrow ledges of rock with steep precipices down each side but the Journey does not seem to deter numbers of both sexes and all ages from undertaking the pilgrimage It ItIs Itis Itis is the custom of the Burmese to remain remain remain re re- re- re main on top of the hill for three days where they are are accommodated In enormous enormous enor roofed flat grass huts covering every available spot on the hilltop Every devotee devote purchases a small piece of gold leaf which he be pastes on the boulder or the pagoda and either by this means or by some general scheme the whole of the boulder and of the pagoda have been covered with gold leaf On the little platform by the pagoda pa pa- goda coda is a row of large bells near each of which Is hung a horn The ground must be first hit with the horn so as asto asto asto the spirits of the earth to Bum summon man and md the bell Is then thon struck truck in order ardor to summon the spirits of the air The The spirits of the earth and of the air all are then supposed to have had their attention attention atten atten- tion drawn to the words about to be uttered by tine worshiper |