June 22, 200916 yr Thousands donate hair to fix pagoda road in remote Burma Thousands of Burmese have donated 1,750 pounds of their hair in a campaign to repair the route to a sacred Buddhist pagoda, reports said on Sunday. About 30,000 women and more than 100 men from the central city of Mandalay and nearby towns have donated the hair, Kumudra magazine quoted a Buddhist monk as saying. Some of the locks measured 4 feet in length, said Shin Wayama Nanda, the chief abbot of Mandalay's Naga monastery. Monks overseeing the upkeep of the remote Alaungdaw Kathapha pagoda will use proceeds from the sale of hair to repair sections of a road and build bridges leading to the popular pilgrimage site, which is said to contain the remains of one of Buddha's disciples. Source.
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