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This village is located in the middle part of Inlay Lake and famous for its floating gardens. The villagers mainly live on fishing and farming. On the floating gardens, they mostly grow tomatoes and some of them grow peas, chilies and flowers.
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There are two types of silk; the thick weave with designs and the thin ones in plain colour. The silk woven designs from Inlay are the thinner ones. To weave a set of robe for a monk, it requires the fibres from 120,000 stems of the dark pink lotus. Now, scarves are also woven from […]
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The native people, In-Thars, grow vegetables on floating islands which are collections of floating weed and water hyacinth. These floating islands can be cut, dragged by boats and ever be sold like a piece of land. Floating gardens can be found mostly in Kaylar, Inchan, and Zayatgyi villages.
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Inspite of having thousands of pagodas in Bagan. no two pagodas are identically alike. There are variations and differences and every pagoda has its own uniqueness. Few exceptions are groups of three or four which are seemingly similar. Types Pagodas in Bagan are principally of two types- solid type and hollow type. They may be […]
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Regarding the number of pagodas and monuments in Bagan. there is the traditional figure which was composed like a rhymed couplet for memorization. It runs thus: “Hie Win Yoe Than Ta Nyan Nyan Bagan Paya Paung” We should translate into figures only the four words in the first line because the remaining two lines are […]
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The Rulers of Bagan Sr. Name of the King Ruling Years (A.D) 1 Pyu Saw Htee 167-242 2 Htee Min Yin 242-299 3 Yin Min Paik 299-324 4 Paik Thay Lai 324-344 5 Thay Lai Kyaung 344-387 6 Kyaung Du Yit 387-412 7 The’ Htan 412-439 8 Nga Tapar Min Myar 439-494 9 Tharamon Phyar […]
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In Se-khong village, there is a blacksmith workshop which produces knives and farming tools, sold at different 5 – day markets around the Inlay region.
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The Golden Triangle is an area of around 350,000 square kilometers that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. The Golden Triangle designates the confluence of the Sop Ruak River and the Mekong river, since the term has been appropriated by the region tourist industry to describe the nearby […]
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Chaung Thar Beach is located 40 km to the west of Pathein (Bassein) in Ayeyarwaddy Division. It is about 5 hrs drive from Yangon to Chaung Thar Beach. It is an attractive wide beach with a muddy delta look. Not only coconut palms but also casuarinas trees can be found at the back of the […]
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MYANMAR FOOD WRAPPED BANANAS (KYAUKNYINTOK) Ingredients 1 ½ cups raw glutinous rice 1 large or 1 ½ pounds grated coconut 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 15 banana leaves. about 6 square inch each 4-8 ripe bananas 2 tablespoons sesame seeds How to cook Wash and soak glutinous rice in water overnight. Continue on following […]
