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title: Sixth Great Buddhist Council photo poster (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sixth-great-buddhist-council-photo-poster-burmese-rangoon-1956/
description: A Burmese-language photo-sheet headed with the name of the Sixth Great Buddhist Council. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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[![Sixth Great Buddhist Council photo poster, 1956 US poster: A Burmese-language photo-sheet headed with the name of the Sixth](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sixth-great-buddhist-council-photo-poster-burmese-rangoon-1956.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sixth-great-buddhist-council-photo-poster-burmese-rangoon-1956.jpg)

# Sixth Great Buddhist Council photo poster (Burmese poster distributed in Rangoon)

A Burmese-language photo-sheet headed with the name of the Sixth Great Buddhist Council. A hill-like pagoda mound, officials seated in prayer on mats, men reading at microphones and a view of the packed council hall are shown, around a drawn rising-sun motif. A footer names the American information service as publisher. The tell is transfer: the prestige of the council is attached to the sender by the footer credit.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Burmese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ဆဠသံဂါယနာ

[illegible: six photo captions in small Burmese script]

အမေရိကန်ပြန်ကြားရေးဌာနမှ ထုတ်ဝေလှူဒါန်းသည်

[illegible: imprint line at lower right]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Chattha Sangayana (Sixth Great Buddhist Council)

[illegible: six photo captions]

Published and donated by the American Information Service (approximate rendering of the footer).

[illegible: imprint line]
```

Heading and footer read with reasonable confidence; the captions and imprint are marked illegible rather than guessed.

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