Myanmar Weight Metric System British System Gram Kilogram Grain Ounce Pound 1 Yway Lay 0.136077706 0.000136078 2.1 0.0048 0.0003 1 Yway Gyi 0.272155412 0.000272155 4.2 0.0096 0.0006 1 Pae Thar 1.020582833 0.001020583 15.75 0.036 0.00225 1 Mu Thar 2.041165665 0.002041166 31.5 0.072 0.0045 1 Mat Thar 4.08233133 0.004082331 63.0 0.144 0.009 5 Mue Thar … Read more Burmese Measuring System
Meanings of Myanmar Names Almost every syllable has its meaning in Myanmar language. Names of towns, names of people, all have meanings. And they are interesting. Names of Myanmar Towns Yangon: Formerly called Rangoon in English. Means “end of strife” Dagon: Derived from Tain-goat-tra Mandalay: Named after the Mandalay Hill. Derived from Pali word “Mandalar”, … Read more Burmese Names
It’s not just in the Greeks mythology where animals were combined into a single form. Myanmars also have quite a few number of combined form of mythical creatures. Lion This is a Myanmar grotesque form of a mythical lion. Doe is still look like a lion to you? According to the legendary tales, lions are the … Read more Myanmar Mythology and Mythical Creatures
Many Thanks to: www.friesian.com The Burmese speak a Sino-Tibean language, more closely related to Tibetan and Karen than to Chinese itself. But, despite frequent political and military involvement with China, Burma has always been a sub-Indian culture, with Theravadin Buddhist religion and a Sanskrit based alphabet. The interesting circular form of Burmese letters is a consequence … Read more Kings of Burma
Around AD 1000, women clothes of the Pyu era, were made from silk and cotton. During the Bagan period, embroidered shawl is worn over the shoulders as a popularity. They also had bands around their arms. During the Yadanar Bon period, a Htai Ma Thein Jacket is worn with Anoh. Emerald shawl is wrapped over … Read more Historical Myanmar and Burmese Clothing
Monthly Festivals in Myanmar (Burma) Myanmar is a Land of Festivals: a festivals for every month of the year. Most festival are cultural and religious. Majority are nation-wide celebrated while a few are distinctly regional. The dates of the festivals and special events are determined by the Lunar Year. Myanmar Festival Calendar – 2005 From … Read more Myanmar Festivals
Burma is rapidly emerging from its cocoon of self-imposed isolation. And, as AMAR GROVER discovered, a visit to this land of golden pagodas is like a trip back in time. Long isolated, even from immediate neighbours Burma, or Myanamar as it prefers to be called now, is rapidly emerging, from a wasting socialist cocoon. Visit … Read more Burma’s ‘tourist life line’
Among the many festivals in Myanmar, Thingyan is the merriest and one of the few observed all over the country. Thingyan welcomes the Myanmar New Year by washing away the dirt of the body and bad memories of the old year. Everyone who ventures out of the house risks getting doused from head to toe … Read more Thingyan, The Water Festival
Myanmar is a union of 135 ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects. The major races are the Kachin, the Kayah, the Kayin, the Chin , the Mon, the Bamar, the Rakhine, and the Shan. The name Myanmar embraces all the ethnic groups. Composition of the Different Ethnic Groups under the 8 Major National Ethnic Races in Myanmar (A) Kachin comprises 12 different … Read more People and Races
Myanmar folk dances developed together with folk music and songs. So they are inseparably linked with folk music and songs. These three performing arts are complementary and agro-based. As Myanmar is an agricultural country the majority of its people are peasants and their cultural performance reflect their occupation and daily life style. Just as their … Read more Myanmar Folk Dances