Revitalising a Village Through Buddhism: Thindaunggyi Village and Shwetheindaw Paya

Akio Takahashi ()
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Akio Takahashi: University of Tokyo

Chapter Chapter 5 in Regime Changes and Socio-economic History of Rural Myanmar, 1986-2019, 2023, pp 143-169 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, in order to discuss the relationship between BuddhismBuddhism and village economy in Myanmar, I will focus on a great change that took place in one of the two villages mentioned above, Thindaunggyi VillageThindaunggyi village. This village’s paya—pagoda or Buddha image—which in 1987 had been like those found in any other village transformed into a famous paya. It is now known to all Buddhists in Myanmar. This change came about partly because of changes in Myanmar’s socio-economic situation. I analyse the relationship between religious activities and economic development through the records of my individual household surveys in this village and the accounting books of the paya. In addition, I examine the economic ripple effectRipple effect that the paya brought about on the village through a survey of the shops, restaurants, open-air stalls, peddlers, and so on in the shopping street that sprang up around the paya. This study expands the body of research on how the practice of BuddhismBuddhism can have an enormous economic effect in Myanmar. It also shows a process of de-agrarianisationDe-agrarianisation of this village, which has changed from a farming village to a shopping district.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3272-6_5

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