Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng create beautiful and useful images. Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:29:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.14 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/05/logosanstypo-copie-75x75.png Sophie de Boissieu https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng 32 32 147221949 THE KING MINDON https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roi-mindon https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:00:48 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2126 Mindon, the King of Burma, was looking to build a fleet in Mandalay. Fascinated by modern as well as French techniques, he sent a delegation to the inauguration of the Suez Canal in 1869. It was during this trip that Louis-Barthélémy became acquainted with Burma. A year later, Burmese ministers having suggested my ancestor as the man to do the job, the Burmese king invited Louis Barthélémy to...

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]]> https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/roi-mindon/feed/ 0 2126 MEN IN MANDALAY https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/longyi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longyi https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/eng/longyi/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:00:26 +0000 https://sophiedeboissieu.fr/?p=2171 Walking is still the best way to get around Mandalay. Men stop all the time to adjust their longyi, keeping it from slipping down. This garment is worn like the Scottish kilt, with nothing else. It is often made of plaid fabric reminiscent of Scottish tartans. A remnant of English supremacy? Perhaps, but the longyi is still the rule in Mandalay. It is very practical because it serves as a garment...

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