This Was Myanmar. 2019. Before the Coup

Updated description. This was back in 2019, when i spent 14 days in Myanmar, being escorted around by my sister, who was in the Peace Corps at the time.
The world changed rapidly in the last few years. But it was particularly unkind to Myanmar. Since 2019, Covid ravaged the country and many of the people featured in this video, who were Peace Corps counterparts for my sister, died. Her school was turned into a hospital and all the teachers were deputized into 'nurses'.
On top of that, in 2021 the coup and civil war began. The entire country has been impacted, and some of the places I travelled to have been destroyed. Many of the young people in this video have been forced into military service, killed on the front lines, or jailed for protesting. Yet another generation in Myanmar has been destroyed for profit and power.
Myanmar was always a complicated place where violence was recent and present, but the last few years may have been the most damaging since WW2. I hope to return someday.
/ lifeofhyphen
Filmed with a Canon 80d
Music: alt-J, Taro.

[@judyjohnston7593]

Nice job, Nicholas! Beautiful countryside. It's so cool that you made this trip to join in with your sister's experience.

[@lifeofhyphen]

Thanks!!!!

[@jackdelahant2060]

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