A bindi was attached to the brow of a woman clad in a lace-embellished outfit

Woman wearing clothes with lace ruffled collar — Woman with bindi

I was making my way through a dimly lit market that stood along the Bago River. The area we were walking through was not a fresh food market, so the air was calm and peaceful. The people working there were also relaxed. The woman in the photo is one of those who were relaxing there. She was sitting with her son in a small store, and when she saw me, for some reason she straightened her back and started looking at me.

She had a bindi between her eyebrows. In India, even Muslims wear bindis as a fashion item, but if a person in Myanmar wears a bindi, it is most likely a sign of Hinduism. Even in Myanmar, where Buddhists are the majority, about 0.5% of the population is Hindu. I did not see any Hindu temples when I strolled around the town, but I guessed there must be one somewhere where this mother and her son prayed.

The mother, who was dressed in a lacy collar dress, smiled at me when I pointed my camera at her. And the son looked wide-eyed behind his mother's back.

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