Japanese expertise is being lent to help restore the wall murals found in the temple walls of Bagan.
Japanese techniques saving murals in Myanmar’s ancient temple complex
Asahi Shimbun, 19 March 2014
Japanese specialists who helped restore murals in ancient Japanese tombs are working with Myanmar to preserve centuries-old Buddhist images at the sprawling Bagan temple complex here.
The site ranks alongside the grandeurs of Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Borobudur in Indonesia.
Of the many thousands of Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries constructed between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 3,000 survive in Bagan.
Richly colored murals have deteriorated in many places due to rain seeping into cracks in walls caused by earthquakes and weathering. This has damaged the plaster on which the works were painted.
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