In the conclusion of his article at the end of this book, Harry Shorto gives cogent reasons why in Burma the south-east should be the most sacred and propitious point of the compass: it is associated with live birth and auspicious death i.e. rebirth and hence, presumably with a circular and cyclical conception of human life which finds in its end its beginning.
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Natural Symbols in South East Asia (Collected Papers in Oriental and African Studies)
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Natural symbols in South East Asia
1978, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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