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Source/publisher: Various sources via "BurmaNet News"
Date of entry/update: 2012-04-17
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Category: Arts - general
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Description: "The Bagan Empire was first to unify the territory of present-day Myanmar under Burmese language and culture, that grew into a world-renowned centre of Buddhist learning. Host Peter Lee learns how its fabled king, Anawrahta, overcame the dry conditions of his land by taming rivers into canals and weirs which are still used today. As a bigger harvest grew his population, Bagan was ripe for expansion, and Peter takes part in the traditional elephant dance that celebrates a Buddhist pilgrimage of King Anawrahta’s. While the Bagan king wished to turn Bagan into a new Buddhist state, Peter heads to a sacred mountain to see the battle that unfolded between Buddhism and Myanmar’s indigenous animist gods, called Nats. It's expansion transformed Bagan into a capital of diverse peoples, who each brought their own in founding a new Burmese culture and identity. And the legacy of its temple building still lives on in a strong faith that’s practiced among the Burmese people today. For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://www.youtube.com/cnainsider ========================================================== About the series: Host Peter Lee explores the history of four Southeast Asian empires that made their mark on the world. Travelling from Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia to Indonesia, Peter explores ancient ruins, epic legends and vibrant traditions to chart the rise and fall of four distinct empires, and how their legacy still shapes cultures and identities in the region today..."
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Source/publisher: " CNA Insider" (Singapore)
2020-05-20
Date of entry/update: 2021-01-06
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Sub-title: Cotton and silk blouses, along with long flowing longyis, can accentuate a woman’s beauty and elegance. Many Myanmar chose their best dresses for the monastery, usually featuring carefully coordinated colours, jagged lines and patterns, floral motifs and the occasional frilly collar or cuff.
Description: "Some of the most elegant dresses are crafted from fine silk, but more and more women are choosing fabrics that have been coloured by natural dyes, with very different patterns. A new style of lady’s fashion has emerged, the so-called “eco-printed” dress. It is created with more pastel colours and floral or leaf-patterning. Ma Phyu Ei Thein, owner of Sunflower Art, an organic dye textile and crafts gallery, has been interested in Myanmar silk and cotton fabric since around 2006. She has noticed a change in the market, with an increased demand for the new designs and fabrics. During the early 2000s she spent some time overseas, exploring the fashion and production processes in other countries, before returning to Myanmar with some designs from Japan. Her idea was to introduce similar fabrics to local consumers, with a more local take on the designs. “We used a lot of poor quality chemical dyes before 2006 and, as a result, our products just weren’t up to international standards. The Japanese clients didn’t give us very good feedback,” said Ma Phyu Ei Thein..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-03-06
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-06
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Description: "Myanmar offers an impressive blend of culture and modern life. Unique music, dance, exciting festivals, delicious food, and beautiful traditional crafts along the cities bustling with activities define the way of life in this exciting and unexplored South Asian country. Myanmar has been at the cultural crossroads of Asia where amalgamation of ideas went hand in hand with exchange of material, giving rise to a distinctive cultural identity to the country. Buddhism, with its origin in India, found its way into Myanmar in the 1st Century CE and blended well with pre-existing non-Buddhist beliefs. The splendid architecture and sculpture of Myanmar’s numerous temples and monasteries, notably those at Yangon, Mandalay, and Bagan, the site of the ancient kingdom of west-central Myanmar, bears the testimony of Myanmar’s cultural richness, that has been surprisingly preserved in its pristine form even today. Among Myanmar’s most prominent cultural institutions are the state schools of dance, music, drama, and fine arts at Yangon and Mandalay, as well as the National Museum of Art and Archaeology at Yangon. There also is an archaeological museum at Pagan. A number of other museums focus on state and regional history..."
Source/publisher: "Elets News Network"
2020-03-05
Date of entry/update: 2020-03-06
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Sub-title: When a lively traditional musical troupe plays, one that includes the bamboo clapper, oboe, flute, drum and cymbal, you may also notice a bushy moustached man. He will be accompanied on stage by a beautiful young lady wearing a long necklace and baggy trousers, dancing suggestively.
Description: "The two are known as U Shwe Yoe and Daw Moe, and are some of Myanmar’s best known dance characters. They have been popular in Myanmar for generations, but not everyone knows exactly where they come from – or why they are so popular. Some believe that they have survived for generations, their mannerisms and moves handed down from performer to performer. But the pair have a more modern genesis, first emerging from early 20th Century movies. The creator was a man called U Bakalay, also known as Shwe Ta Lay – a cartoonist, and the advertising director at the Myanmar Aswe Department Store on Sule Pagoda Road. Despite his work in advertising and other media, it was his Shwe Yoe creation that was most enduring. U Bakalay first started acting in the films of U Nyi Pu, with makeup and wearing a smart dite pone ein gyi (traditional dress shirt). He assumed the name “Shwe Yoe” for these movies, where he would perform exaggerated moves that gradually built up to a dance routine. The U Shwe Yoe character became popular in a film called Taw Myaing Sone Ka Lone Aung Phan (Nostalgia at the Edge of the Deep Forest), directed by U Nyi Pu. But earlier than that U Bakalay appeared in a movie called Myittar Nae Thuyar (Love and Liquor), where he acted as a servant to the film’s main protagonist Maung Ba Htay. The servant’s name was U Shwe Yoe, who flirted with a maid, Daw Moe..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-02-10
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-11
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Sub-title: Standing next to the Second Vice-President Henry Van Thio, himself an ethnic Chin, the State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi gave an inspiring speech on February 1 at Kyaik Ka San Road, to officially open the Myanmar Ethnic Culture Festival to the public.
Description: "The Myanmar Ethnic Cultures Festival is back in town, with participants from 14 regions across the country entertaining audiences in the first week of February. This year the festival will be organised by people from the Kayah community, according to U Min Banyar San, general secretary of the National Business Association. “Last year, the festival was led by Kachin people. This year, Kayah people are assigned to lead the celebrations. About one million people visited last year’s festival, enjoying music, food and fashion from a variety of different Kachin groups,” he said. Though the festival promises to deliver the same level of community engagement, U Min Banyar San worried that not as many people would show interest this year – given that the numbers of visitors to the grounds were down. A total of 1,500 Kayah dancers will perform the Tagundaing dance, said U Tayzar Win Tun, secretary of the Kayah Business Association. It’s also an opportunity to showcase the clothes, food and artifacts of Kayah people, he added. “The dancers have been performing for many months, and they have already arrived in Yangon for the festival. It’s a great opportunity for people to learn more about the rich history of the Kayah,” he said. The festival will also include exhibition booths, where people can see artifacts and read information about the 14 ethnic groups, as well as talk to many Kayah people in person. “Visitors will be able to see the traditional costumes on show, enjoy the handicrafts and enjoy all the food too,” said a member of the organising committee..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2020-02-03
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-03
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Description: "Myanmar will hold a large wood sculpture exhibition in Bago region to show the world that the country owns the largest number of wood sculptures. Eight sculpture awards will be presented along with the eighth exhibition which will run from Nov. 29 to Dec. 4, according to event organizer U Kyi Win late on Sunday. In the exhibition, 227 wood sculptures made by wood sculptors from 20 townships will be contested and the winner of the "favorite" wood sculpture competition will be awarded 10 million kyats (over 6,600 U.S. dollars). After Cyclone Nargis devastated buildings and trees mainly in Yangon and Ayeyarwady regions in May 2008, the government encouraged wood sculptors to make wooden sculptures out of trees downed by the cyclone and large wood sculpture exhibitions were held for seven occasions from 2009 to 2017..."
Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
2019-11-25
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-25
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Topic: Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, artculture, development
Sub-title: A new art gallery in the Tanintharyi capital of Dawei aims to showcase the natural beauty and cultural heritage of a region on the brink of large-scale development.
Topic: Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, artculture, development
Description: "“DAWEI is not like the rest of Myanmar. We have our own language, our own culture and literature. Our way of thinking is different,” explained Ma Mya Ei Thwe, a volunteer at the Dawei Art Space in the Tanintharyi Region capital. Given Myanmar’s diversity, such statements are regularly heard in other parts of the country. However, because Tanintharyi is a nominally Bamar-majority administrative region, as opposed to an ethnic nationality state, its cultural distinctiveness is often overlooked. Mya Ei Thwe, who is known to friends as Nge Nge, said locals were also prone to devalue their heritage in the desire for modernity and economic development. In an isolated region where many households are only kept afloat by remittances from relatives working in exploitative conditions in Thailand, there is straightforward desire for a better life. Mya Ei Thwe said a better life needn’t come at the expense of identity. She believes that the gallery and the art it displays, with its focus on local subjects, could play a role in rekindling pride in the region’s natural and cultural inheritance. “People want to copy more developed countries, but we’ll lose our culture and our values that way,” she said. “Through art, we can recall our childhood memories and our happiness.” When the gallery opened in June, Dawei was being pummelled by monsoon rains that hit this lush coastal corner of southeastern Myanmar with particular ferocity. Close to the municipal market and just a couple of minutes’ walk from Strand Road along the river, the Dawei Art Space is one of the few contemporary cultural offerings in a small, low-rise city characterised by peeling colonial villas and family-run businesses..."
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Source/publisher: "Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
2019-11-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Sub-title: Inle Lake is not only the pride and joy of Shan state, it also stands as one of Myanmar’s top travel destinations, and many efforts are being made to attract more tourists through a branding campaign titled ‘Inle– A Perfect Balance’.
Description: "Come experience the harmony for yourself, where you’ll see people living on floating homes, travelling by boat and sustaining a whole way of life via the water, and you’ll get a sense of how balanced life can be. Indeed, Inle is more than an amazing lake. It’s a way of life, nestled in the Shan highlands. If you’re planning a trip, here’s a list of the top ten things to do there: Take a Boat Tour Around the Lake: Well, obviously. The lake is so vast, it’ll take a whole day to soak up the expansive waters around you, with the green Shan mountains on the horizon. Let your soul float away from the everyday hassles you’ve left behind. You’ll see small villages, huts on the riverways and temples along the banks. Above the lily pads, you’ll be racing with herons and dragonflies, alongside flocks of migrating birds and fishermen idly paddling by. Bamboo Delight Restaurant and Cooking School Located in the middle of Nyaung Shwe, Bamboo Delight is not only a very relaxed open-air restaurant but also a place where you can learn to cook local Shan, Inthar and Pa’ O dishes. My favourites were the Pa’ O peanut sauce dip (a versatile, coconut-infused replacement for peanut butter), Shan chicken curry and lady finger salad. If you turn up early, you’ll be treated to a tour of the market – where you’ll get to chose the ingredients, and meet some of the local characters. The Inle Cat Village: Admittedly, I wasn’t expecting this one when I first arrived in town. Burmese cats are another unique thing about Myanmar, and the species recently almost went extinct in their homeland. That’s right, pure Burmese breeds were almost non-existent in Myanmar until the official Inle Burmese Cat Village changed all that. Founded in 2009, the village caters to a range of feline breeds and temperaments. Most of the Burmese breeds descend from an American-bord cat called Wong Mau, who was bought to Myanmar in the 1930s, according to the village owners. Petting time is from 11am to 2pm..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Description: Poems, short stories, favorite essays, etc... ကဗျာ၊ ဝတ္ထုတို၊ စိတ်ကြိုက်စာ...
Creator/author: Hnin Khar Moe
Source/publisher: Nykomme
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-02
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Poem and literature...
Source/publisher: Thit Khet Than Lwin
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-02
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Introduction: "The main purpose for this study on the Myanmar cloth painting fine art as comparative work during 11th?18th century is to attain perceptive knowledge and exchange of expertise among the neighbouring counties in Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, knowledge and practice of Theravada Buddhism has been related to the literature, architecture, fine arts and daily life style of the people residing in the ancient city of Bagan (11th-­‐13th century CE). At that time, the tr aditional fine arts of Myanmar in Bagan was unique and perpetually augmented. Thus varieties of arts like architecture, stucco carvings, inscriptions, sculpture of wood/stone and other materials turnery and tapestry and glazed plaques and reliefs and smith ?works were decorated at the stupas and temples. Moreover, mural paintings were also depicted those mainly consisted of Buddha?s life stories including Nativity scenes, ascending the throne, great renunciation, Enlightenment 45 years preaching Dhamma, 550 Jatakas stories and Demised Buddha in the Parinicana scene. Nearly at the same period of the 11th century, fine arts on cloth painting emerged in Myanmar. According to the documentary references and survey findings of archaeologists and researchers, it was stated that Myanmar cloth painting fine arts appeared in the ancient city of Bagan (Abeyatana Temple No. 1202). Since then, the tradition of cloth painting spread out by the fine artists to the other people within Bagan and also to different places in later periods. Abeyatana Ceti, situated over the vault of the main temple No. 1202 (1084-­‐1113 CE), was the only temple being built in 11th century CE. Even after 800 years, some remains of cloth painting were seen on the lowest terrace of the Ceti of that temple. Regarding the cloth painting terraces at Abeyatana Ceti, it can be assumed to be one of the oldest extent images in Myanmar. In this paper I will also argue that it could be one of the oldest extent cloth painting idols in Southeast Asia. At the present, there are traces of cloth paintings in twenty temples in Myanmar from the 11th-­‐18th century. (See map. 1) Out of 20, sixteen temples are situated in Bagan (See map. 2), one is in Salay, one in Sarle, one in Mandalay and the final one is in Pakhan Gyi.".....International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
Creator/author: Aye Aye Oo
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Abstract: "The genre copy thachin or ?copy song” pervades the popular mu sic scene in Myanmar. These songs are akin to cover versions of existing international hits, but with new lyrics in the Burmese language, and performed by Burmese musicians. These songs can have incredible genre-­‐crossing capabilities, from blues to rap, heavy metal to salsa. The current situation for popular music production in Myanmar, as elsewhere, is connected with the country?s history of military rule and years of censorship and economic difficulties. Advocates for the genre of copy thachin argue that borrowing international songs allowed local artists to learn about global popular music, and the numerous popular musicians and songwriters in Myanmar are testament to this. On the other hand, with the removal of the stringent censorship regime and the increasing contact with international consumer culture, groups of Myanmar music fans are increasingly critical of copy thachin, seeing the practice as derivative and an embarrassment. This article will explore the history of the genre, notions of authenticity, and dis cuss Myanmar?s changing relationship with the symbolic capital of its own culture industry and its relationship with international popular culture.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Jane M Ferguson
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-26
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-10
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Language: English
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Description: Abstract: "In every society, concerning the history of arts, musical instruments are almost universal components of human culture. The Myanmar Drum Ensemble (saing wain in Myanmar language) is one of Myanmar?s traditional musical instruments. In Myanmar society, the drum ensemble is used as part of the annual-­‐cycle rituals, life-­‐cycle rituals and crisis rituals. This research describes the dynamics of the Myanmar Drum Ensemble, saing wain. Field ethnography, focus group discussions (FGD), key informant interviews (KII), in-­‐depth interviews (IDI), informal conversations (IC) and direct observation (DO) were used for data collection. Study sites are Bo Tun Zan ward in Daw Pon Township, No.2 ward in North Okkalapa Township, No.5 ward in Mayangone Township, Ye Mon village, Kyungalay village, Kyauk Ain village in Hlegu Township. The Myanmar drum ensemble emerged from a merger of the Royal Music and the Folk Music from the Kone-­‐baung period (AD 1752-­‐1856). It has three special characteristics: its Melodic Character, its Harmonic Character and its Rhythmic Character. Furthermore, the members of the drum ensembles are known to have had close relationships with the public throughout the colonial and the post-­‐independence periods. Today drum ensembles have closer contact with people from the rural areas, whereas city dwellers rely more on modern musical instruments for entertainment.".....Paper delivered at the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015.
Creator/author: Cathy Tun
Source/publisher: International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies: Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: University Academic Service Centre (UNISERV), Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 24-­26 July 2015
2015-07-28
Date of entry/update: 2015-08-10
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: Poems... တော်လှန်ကဗျာများ
2007-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-07-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: News of Myanmar, News of Myanmar community, articles, poems, photos..... "အမျိုးဘာသာ၊ သာသနာ၊ မြန်မာစာပေ၊ အနုပညာနဲ့ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုများကို ထိန်းသိမ်းရန်၊ ရေရှည် တည်တံ့စေရန်၊ မြန်မာစာပေ၊ အနုပညာနဲ့ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုများကို မျိုးဆက်များအလိုက် လက်ဆင့်ကမ်းနိုင်ရန်၊ မြန်မာမိသားစု အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းများ ပိုမို ရင်းနှီးမှု ရရှိစေရန်၊ မြန်မာပြည်သူများ အသိအမြင်၊ အတွေးအခေါ် ကျယ်ပြန့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရန် ရည်ရွယ်ပြီး ယနေ့မြန်မာ (Burma Today) အင်တာနက်စာမျက်နှာတွင် မြန်မာသတင်း၊ မြန်မာမိသားစု အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းသတင်းများနဲ့ ဆောင်းပါး၊ ကဗျာ၊ စာပေအနုပညာ၊ ဓါတ်ပုံ စသည်ဖြင့် ဖော်ပြလျက် ရှိပါတယ်။"
Creator/author: U Myint Hlaing ဦးမြင့်လှိုင်
Source/publisher: Burma Today Inc.
2001-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-07-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: Poems... ကဗျာ
Creator/author: Nyein Way
2008-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-07-22
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Language: Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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