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Myanmar: a Buddha-not as a Tattoo

Because of the Buddha tattoos on his leg and a Tourist has to leave the temple city of Bagan. Also in other Buddhist countries such as Sri Lanka, there were similar incidents.

The Tattoo on the leg of a Spanish tourist had taken care of in the famous temple city of discontent among the Buddhist monks, because it hurt religious feelings. This had informed the authorities, a police officer said on Monday. Grounds for expulsion from the Buddhist country, informed a spokesman of the Ministry of Religion and culture. Nevertheless, you have placed the man close to, to leave the country for his own safety’s sake.
Religious insult is forbidden in Myanmar, in which Buddhist nationalism is gaining strength,.

In Sri Lanka, 2014 was a British tourist, directly after landing in Colombo, was arrested because she had a Buddha Tattoo on the Arm. In 2012, two tourists have been sentenced from France to prison, because they had kissed a Buddha Statue.

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