Dead Set on Helping

Description: 

"Burma?s poverty means that even providing funerals for loved ones can be difficult if not impossible. But a new social welfare association is lending a helping hand... Accompanied by some poor people, a famous Burmese movie star carries a coffin in Rangoon. In the coffin is the corpse of a poor man who is unrelated to the actor. This is not a scene for a film; it?s real. And to many people it?s amazing, because it?s so unheard of. The movie star, Kyaw Thu, has participated in many funerals as a sort of gravedigger, and he is vice president of a social welfare association known as the Free Funeral Services Society (FFSS)..."

Creator/author: 

Htain Linn

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 10, December 2003

Date of Publication: 

2003-12-00

Date of entry: 

2004-02-14

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

English

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