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Our ceremonies, meanwhile, were held in ornate buildings featuring marble and spires and headed up by men in robes, not a youth pastor with frosted tips and cargo shorts.

There are large mounds of California buckwheat, tall spires of sweet hummingbird sage and incandescently purple clusters of showy penstemon.

Around the city, the remains of crushed pagodas and golden spires line the streets.

There have been reports of widespread devastation in the Saigaing region and in Mandalay, where buildings have been flattened and temple spires toppled.

There have been reports of widespread devastation in the Saigaing region and Mandalay, including flattened buildings and temple spires toppled.