RALPH WENGE, CNN ANCHOR: In Southeast Asia, Buddhism is the dominant religion. People sometimes dedicate their most beautiful and valuable objects to the local temple. They believe this earns them religious merit that will help them go to a better place after they die. In Myanmar, blocks of flawless white marble are often sculpted into statues of Buddha and given to prominent temples. Myanmar Radio and Television reports on a new statue made from a stone discovered near the town of Mandalay.</s>THIDA WUN, MYANMAR RADIO & TV (voice-over): It has been a sacred and holy event every time a flawless white marble stone from
Myanmar Dedicates Statue of the Buddha