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Reforms in Myanmar are creating new opportunities for exploring a country that has long remained shrouded by geopolitical isolation. This photography exhibit at Mann Library takes place in conjunction with an outreach initiative highlighting how change and classic traditions are together shaping the “new Burma” that is emerging today.  Award-winning  author Naomi Duguid and photojournalist Amanda Schwengel are the featured photographers.  Ms. Duguid’s work specializes in food and agriculture and food as an aspect of culture, and her most recent book, "BURMA: Rivers of Flavor," explores the culinary traditions of Burma in recipes, stories, and photographs. Photojournalist Amanda Schwengel, whose work strives to focus on the conservation of culture in everyday environments, has selected photos that capture the intense engagement of a group of Burmese men playing a quintessentially Southeast Asian sport, known in Myanmar as “chinlone."

 
A special outreach event, featuring a Burmese cuisine demo and a screening of the film "Mystic Ball," showcasing the fantastically acrobatic sport of chinlone, will take place at Mann Library on April 3, 2013, 6:30-8:30pm. Event and exhibit sponsored by Mann Library, the Cornell Southeast Asia Program, and the Residential Student Congress. 

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