Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar’s faithful – but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a ...

Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar's faithful -- but getting the marble ...

The laborious final stages of smoothing the rough edges are done by women using sandpaper, said Min Min Soe. "Women are better at this as they are more patient," he said. A finished statue around ...

Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar's faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a ...

Mandalay (Myanmar) (AFP) – Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar's faithful -- but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the ...

leaving artisans without raw material A worker carves a marble Buddha statue in Myanmar's second city of Mandalay "Sales are not that bad, but the challenge is bringing the statues here," one ...