Montreal, Quebec - CANADA - Expo 67: Burma / Birmanie / Myanmar Pavilion

Description: Montreal, Quebec - CANADA - Expo 67: Burma / La Birmanie / Myanmar Pavilion - 1967: The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was a general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century with the most attendees to that date and 62 nations participating. It also set the single-day attendance record for a world's fair, with 569,500 visitors on its third day. The architecture of the Burmese pavilion recalled the exquisite pagodas which dot their country by the thousands. It was colored in gold and lacquers, and topped by a three-tiered red roof with sculptured turrets in floral motifs. In front of the main pavilion, a small glassed-in structure with similar roof design, enclosed a restaurant where connoisseurs could taste authentic Burmese cuisine. The exhibits inside the pavilion were handmade crafts; woodcarving, ivory work and intricate silversmithing. Jewelry making showed off the country's rubies, pearls, jades and dark-blue sapphires. There were colored silks and a suburb variety of bamboo, cane and teakwood objects. The pavilion also demonstrated by maps, models and graphs, its substantial progress in agriculture, education and social welfare. Push buttons on one huge map showed the location of Burma's natural resources: wood, rubber, pearls, seashells, oil, tin and precious stones. And the ceiling above was decorated with murals that displayed Burma's different tribes and races that make up its population. This Photochromatic postcard, issued for Expo 67, is in good condition. Plastichrome of Canada. No. EX132.

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