Other Religions

Although Myanmar is predominantly a Buddhist country with Buddhists making up about 80 percent of the population, there are also Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Chinese and some animists. But freedom of belief is practiced as evidenced by the existence of numerous religious buildings of different beliefs in large cities and small towns. The government designated the religious occasions of other faiths as public holidays in addition to those of the Buddhists.

Even in downtown Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, churches, mosques, Hindu temples, Jewish synagogue and Chinese temples outnumber Buddhist pagodas and monasteries.

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