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Myanmar traditional music are based from the sounds made from instruments grouped in the following five categories. 1) Kyee Kyee or Bronze made instruments such as gongs. 2) Kyoo Kyoo or String instruments such as Harp. 3) Tha Yey Tha Yey or Hide instruments like drums. 4) Lei Lei or Wind instruments such as Flute. […]
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The complete body of Myanmar classical songs is usually referred to as. the “Maha Gita.” meaning great or royal song. The repertoire is also sometimes referred to as “Thachin Gyi.” or great songs. These were the songs of the royal Myanmar courts and form the basis of Myanmar classical music. The Maha Gita repertoire is […]
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A “harp” is called Saung in Myanmar. There basically was 2 types: Byat Saung and Saung Gauk (bent harp). There almost is nobody who can play byat saungs these days. Today saung generally refers to the bent harp illustrated above. In 10th century AD. musicians used only 5 strings in Myanmar harp. which later increased […]
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Hne (or) Oboe is one of our traditional wind instruments in Myanmar. It has been used in Myanmar since ancient time and is created by using a metal horn. a wooden flute and a palm reed. The oboe is a double-reed woodwind instrument having a high pitch. penetrating tone among other musical instruments that is […]
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Zat; story: pwe; show: zat-pwe; Myanmar musical play: mintha; male lead: minthami; female lead: ngo-gyin; wailing song: nha-par-thwar. duet dance and song: lun-khan. tragic scene. There is no nation on the face of the earth so fond of fun and laughter and theatrical entertainment as the Myanmar. For a Myanmar. from the moment he is […]
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The Zo ethnic tribes are an indigenous tribe. mostly found in Northern Chin State and in the Kabaw Valley of Western Sagaing Division in the Union of Myanmar. The Zo tribe has an estimated population of over 60.000. The are very much scattered in Myanmar and some other parts of the world. They are one […]
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There are about half a million Wa living in the isolated hills of northeast Myanmar (Burma). Up until the early 1970’s. their tradition of inter-clan headhunting kept outsiders away and the Wa themselves fragmented. The communists. who dominated the area during 22 years of civil war with the government. curtailed the headhunting and gave them […]
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Taron tribes are inhabited at the foot hill of the Mt. Khakaborazi. in the Himalaya mountain ranges. Ages ago Taron people of average 110 cm height were seen here. Unfortunately today there remains only one genuine Taron-blood man and the tribe is almost vanishing. Village of Taphungdan has no genuine Taron anymore yet there live […]
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Shans reside in the Eastern plateau. The Shan State of Myanmar occupy principally the plateau east of the Ayeyawady and Sittaung valleys. south of the Bhamo district and north of Kayah State.Shan are settling in valleys and river basins. Most of the Danu. Taungyoe. Intha (Ansa). and Bamar are living in the western part of […]
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Salon. a group living part of the time on a few littoral area on the fringes of the Andaman sea and part of the time on their boats. wondering about among the Islands of the Myeik Archipelago in a nomadic existence that has caused them to become known as the sea gypsies. The other mankind […]
