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Then the incumbent of a Kyaung (monastery) dies the body is embalmed. so as to allow the devotion of several months to the preparations for the funeral. The corpse is swathed like a mummy and laid in a solid dug-out coffin of hard wood. (much less pomp is displayed at the funeral of a sojourner). […]
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The Lokanat is for the Myanmar people a symbol of peace and prosperity and figures prominently in our art and culture. The role of the Lokanat as peacemaker is based on a fascinating legend which has come down through the generations. Once upon a time. the Guardian Spirit of the universe. known as the Loka […]
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Today. we will present one of the noblest ceremonies for Buddhists in Myanmar called ceremony of ordination and novitiation. This ceremony is especially held in Waso month. the fourth month in Myanmar calendar which coincide during July and August.In Buddhism to become a novice. the novice to be has to overcome three steps which are […]
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Today development is taking place in all aspects throughout the World with momentum. and the whole mankind is in great stress and strains for making efforts to keep up with the changing time. How should we try to ease and erase stress and strains? Meditations have been preserved in Myanmar by successive instructors for nearly […]
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Every year. at the end of the Buddhist lent. the Myanmar People hold the Thadingyut light festival in conjunction with food offering ceremonies throughout the country. According to traditions. there are many different ways of offering food to the Lord Buddha. Among them. the annual food offering ceremony in Shwekyin Township. Bago Division held on […]
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Prim city matrons are loud in their grouse and usually their discontent is with the spiraling of prices of meat and fowl. Now. it is also scarcity of coconut hair oil and. as a last straw. the forbidding prices of Thanakha. Thanakha – botanical term (Limonia Acidissma Linn ) is essential as well as a […]
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Myanmar Concert (Myanma A-Nyeint (or) Zat-Pwe) 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 […]
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Inle Lake. the largest and most famous natural inland lake in Myanmar. lies like a beautiful. glistening jewel encircled by the blue mountain ranges of the Shan Plateau. Inle Lake. which is located in the southeast of the Shan State at an elevation of 2900 feet above sea level. is home to the “Innthas” meaning […]
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In the Union of Myanmar. where Theravada Buddhism flourishes. yellow robes have been offered to the Lord Buddha in different seasons for many hundreds of years. The robes are known as Waso-thingan. Kahtein-thingan. Matho-thingan. Kyar-thingan and Pantthaku-thingan. The Waso-thingan is the robe offered on the occasion of Wazo. the three-month Lenten period from round about […]
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Food and settings – The Myanmar Way This is about the Myanmar way of how to serve food. how to eat it. and what the backgrounds is when the Myanmar themselves meet to eat. Although it is not suggested for all foreign visitors to encounter these features. still a few suggestions might fins a favorable […]
