35+ Myanmar People Religion Pics. The pyu and mon kingdoms of the first millennium were buddhist, but the early bamar peoples were animists. According to both the 2014 census of the burmese government buddhism is the dominant religion, of 88% of the population, practiced especially by the bamar, rakhine, shan, mon, karen people and chinese ethnic.
Buddhism reached burma around the beginning of the christian era, mingling with hinduism (also imported from india) and indigenous animism. Rohingyas are a different ethnic group, they have a different appearance and religion. when myanmar—known as burma. Persons per sq mi (2018) 206.7 density:
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There are forms of meditation that its follower's practice. There is no official state religion, but the government shows extreme preference for theravada buddhism, the majority religion of the nation. This is often explained by the striking parallels between karen cosmogonic myths and the old testament. The pyu and mon kingdoms of the first millennium were buddhist, but the early bamar peoples were animists.