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SACRED LANDSSCAPE

BEGAN, in central Myanmar, was the site of a powerful empire between the 11th and 13th centuries CE Bagan is on a verdant plain, in a bend of the Irrawaddy River (now Ayeyarwady) Framed by silvery-grey mountains in the distance and located amidst groves of palm and tamarind trees are hundreds of Buddhist temple, stupas…

WHO WAS BOB MARLEY?

HE was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom. He left home at 14 to pursue a career in music at Kingston. He cut his first single. Judge Not in 1965, he formed a band. The Wailers, with other reggae singers Bunny Livingstone and Peter Mcintosh. The band become very successful following the first…