2024

THE KAKKU SITE

Pagoda to visit • €
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About 2 500 stûpas stand on a hill above the Hopong valley. Over four hundred years old, no text explains who is the founder of this site. Legend says King Narapatisithu of Bagan built these Pagodas. Every year, a wonderful full moon festival takes place in March. The inhabitants of all the pa villages in the surrounding area then put their finest traditional costumes, candles illuminate pagodas, theatrical performances and musical performances take place.

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