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The bird on the vessel in Burmese is called a "hintha" (ဟင်္သာ), a common symbolic element in Burmese and other Southeast Asian cultures.

Fun fact: Many European languages have a word derived from the same root. It's χήν in Greek, Gans in German, ganso in Spanish, and goose in English.

parent jdtig 3 years ago

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