A group of Shan women and men in traditional attire, the women sitting and men standing, with foliage in the background. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.
25. Founding the Burma Road. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Scope & Content:
Men at work, founding the Burma Road in the hills. 200 000 unpaid men and women constructed the Burma Road in less than twelve months. It was built to convey supplies to China during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937-38.
Pyounggyi Byan, a festival for the cremation of a senior Buddhist monk. A large, elaborate funeral spire stands in the middle of a crowd, with some men climbing it. Photographer probably Klier, Philip Adolphe.