'Noble Work' Of Buddhist Cremations After Myanmar Quake

Source: International Business Times

A worker transports the body of an earthquake victim for cremation at a facility on the outskirts of Mandalay, Myanmar on March 31, 2025 AFP The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named. The child's pregnant mother was knocked over by the force of the quake while working in a paddy field, said grandmother Khin Myo Swe, and gave birth the following day. The baby was brought to a hospital in Mandalay to be incubated, but died on Monday.