anthony: 1,000 years ago, bagan was the capital for a long line of kings. it s the sort of place where the old coexists with the even older. as elsewhere in this part of the world, in many of the buddhist temples here, far older animist spirit-based beliefs coexist with more recent buddhism. and, in myanmar, worship of the nats is widespread. nats, as i understand it, are more like greek gods, former humans, demigods, spirits, often with very human qualities and failings. dance performances pay homage to the individual nats, performers claiming to actually channel them, bringing about, one hopes, a beneficial spiritual possession.
in the town of oxford. john currence: i ve stayed busy. anthony: and this is doe s eat place in greenville. julia reed: this is the great florence signa. anthony: oh, it s so good to meet you. julia reed: florence is in charge of the salad bowl and has been for this is florence is doe senior s sister-in-law. uh, when did y all open up for us? 1930? florence signa: 1941. julia reed: 41. close enough. anthony: like a lot of folks around here, dominick big doe signa got his start selling hot tamales to go. in the beginning, the place catered to the black community. but after word got out how good the food was, white people started coming. which led to a kind of weird accommodation to the segregation of the day. blacks came in the front, white people snuck in the back. the menu expanded with the clientele. what human qualities are unique or marked in the native of mississippi? julia reed: i cannot address mississippi cause like i said, the delta is a whole nother
the russian foreign ministry where andrei karlov who is this ambassador from russia to turkey was laid to rest. president putin, the russian president, was in attendance, paying his last respects. the foreign minister of russia sergey lavrov did the eulogy, saying that ambassador karlov had the highest human qualities and he was a great he made great contributions to development of relations between russia and other countries. you know, this was intended, and this is the suspicion, if this was intended to draw a wedge, drive a wedge between russia and turkey, whose relationship has been very rocky over the past year or so, then it seems to have failed because both turkish and russian leaders say they re not going to be distracted from their policy of normalizing relations and they re going to work together even more closely, in fact, to try and find a solution to the crisis in syria with russia and syria on opposite sides of that conflict. this seems to have brought them a little bit
karlov was speaking at a photo exhibit in ankara, turkey. this is bringing forward a stern warnings by officials who will not bow in the face of terrors. we have cnn s matthew chance live in moscow. matthew, how are the funeral arrangements progressing? reporter: what we have seen is a solemn service held at russian foreign ministry for the ambassador. seeing many officials from russia filing past the coffin paying last respects. putin among them. the russian foreign minister gave a short eulogy saying the ambassador had highest human qualities and made a great contribution between russia and other countries. one of the things that has come out of the killing, though, is a commitment from the russians and the turks that they won t let their improving relationship be derailed by this.
catered to the black community but after word got out how good the food was, white people started coming, which led to a kind of weird accommodation to the segregation of the day. blacks came in the front, white people snuck in the back. the menu expanded with the clientele. what human qualities are unique or marked in the native of mississippi? i cannot address mississippi because like i said, the delta s a whole other planet. okay. better question, then. how does the life-long delta resident differ from you have to be a little crazy to want to come in the first place because it was like the swamps, buddy. it was under water. i mean, you had to be crazy to come and you had to have enough money to make it work. so, you had some sort of gamblers. that spirit still infuses the place. it s a little reckless. it s sophisticated because they d all come from elsewhere. you know, you go from the delta to the hills. i mean, we re totally snobbish up here even though we didn t have a ri