In this country are probably the most abbeys on the globe.
The source is the social function because this is also the school for many villages, the place where the people go to ask for spiritual help, there are old people's home and orphanages. This are central social necessities every community need and have. Actually in modern times and the move into big cities this role is decreasing.
Religious communities are plenty and some are quite old.
Although frequent fire destroyed them because they were mainly constructed from teak and other wood. There is an amazingly large amount of Buddhist monks and nuns living in Myanmar but most are simply too poor to stay in a own place.
Here are some of the well known abbeys in Bagan, Mandalay, Sagaing and more visiting Burma make people aware that there is probably no other country on the planet with a higher count of them watching the places and the monks is a highly spiritual experience.
A famous one is the Sale monastery south of Bagan.
Another teak monastery for about 200 monks and novices to live is in old Bagan this is also a real remarkable piece of Buddhist architecture it is the Myoe Daung Abbey, read more.
In Mandalay they are plenty.
Also in the vicinity of the second biggest city of Myanmar such as in Sagaing where there a lot and some including Buddhist Retreats which is a interesting business model in the country for doing meditation such as Vipassana read more.
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