{"id":183,"date":"2009-04-19T03:18:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T03:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moemaka.org\/wp\/?p=183"},"modified":"2009-04-19T03:18:27","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T03:18:27","slug":"u-pain-bridge-in-mandalay-from-upper-burma-crowded-with-thingyan-goers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2009\/04\/u-pain-bridge-in-mandalay-from-upper-burma-crowded-with-thingyan-goers\/","title":{"rendered":"U Pain Bridge in Mandalay from Upper Burma crowded with Thingyan Goers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-indent: 0.5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">    <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">  <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:Zawgyi-One; 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font-family: Zawgyi-One; color: blue\">(On 4<sup>th<\/sup> day of Thingyan morning, a view at U Pain  Bridge, a historic timber bridge of over 100 years old, Photo \u2013 Mr. Aung)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Zawgyi-One\">U Pain Bridge, one of the favorite spot of Mandalay\u2019s Thingyan festival goers, was found jammed packed with visitors all over during the holidays of Thingyan Water Festival. 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