Rohingya’s people in Myanmar
June 8th, 2010
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Please Read the article at the link and tell me is that truth or not
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8605669.stm
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Myanmar Puppets in Thailand
June 7th, 2010
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We teached them. They bought our puppets. They love our mintha, minthamee & natgadaw. We should be happy. BUT, we are SAD.
A vote for Myanmar Traditional Puppetry
May 25th, 2010
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*Dear Madam & Sir,
Please click the link below, register and vote if you would like to promote Myanmar Traditional Puppetry.
With best regards and thanks, HtweOoMyanmar *– HTWE OO MYANMAR Traditional Puppet Theatre, Yangon-Myanmar No.(12), Yama Street, South Saw Yan Paing Quarter, Ahlone Township, Yangon, MYANMAR
Tel:(Residence) : 95-1-211942 Mobile Number : 95-9-5127271
htweoomyanmaryangon@gmail.com puppetshow@htweoomyanmar.com
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A vote for Myanmar Traditional Puppetry
May 25th, 2010
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*Dear Madam & Sir,
Please click the link below, register and vote if you would like to promote Myanmar Traditional Puppetry.
With best regards and thanks, HtweOoMyanmar*
Job Opportunity (Local Post Only – Myanmar)
May 17th, 2010
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I don’t know what happens to this fellow travel agency since they are in need of this post for a long time ago (or are they having a lot turnovers?). As far as I can count, they posted this job opportunity since October 31, 2009. And December 1 of the same year again. Hope this should be solved by now. Otherwise, let us know more about your issue regarding this ( to W&W), we may assist you from our field- suggestion. Cheers!!!
On May 16, 7:04 pm, Thomas Latt wrote:
Myanmar Want More Tourists
May 14th, 2010
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*WORLD TRAVEL WATCH is a weekly report designed to help you make informed judgments. Because travel conditions can change overnight, always make your own inquiries. In the United States, contact the State Departmentvia phone (888-407-4747; 317-472-2328; 202-647-5225), fax (202-647-3000), or (travel.state.gov); abroad, check in with the nearest American embassy or consulate.*
*Cuba: *Fidel loves baseball, but clearly he has not been a fan of golf because Cuba has only two courses, the other 10 eliminated by the revolution in 1959. That is going to change soon, however, because the tourism ministry announced a new policy to allow foreign companies to build new tourism facilities in Cuba, including at least 10 courses, marinas and other developments. The move is an effort to increase tourism revenue, which accounts for about 20 percent of Cuba’s foreign-exchange income. And evidently betting on the eventual lifting of the 48-year-old U.S. embargo, officials have sanctioned the building of a huge marina, hoping to lure U.S. sailors.
*Mexico: *The U.S. State Department issued an updated travel warning that added three states to areas it recommends travelers avoid because of drug violence: Tamaulipas, parts of Sinaloa, and Michoacan. Michoacan is the wintering ground of North America’s Monarch butterflies. The warning also cited recent drug violence near the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, a popular tourist area with one of the world’s most famous train routes.
*Burma (Myanmar): *Burma’s military government began issuing visas on arrival May 1 at the international airports in Mandalay and Rangoon (Yangon). The 28-day visa costs $30 and eliminates the need for tourists and businesspeople to obtain visas from Burmese embassies abroad. The government reportedly made the decision to issue visas on arrival in an effort to increase tourism, which, along with economic development, has been hampered by more than two decades of political repression by hard-line military leaders.
*India: *An element of time travel is available in New Delhi as the city’s Metro nears completion in time for the Commonwealth Games in October. The first section opened in 2002, and as new lines have gone into service, Delhi’s residents have taken to it with pride. The time travel comes in when a visitor emerges from the clean, efficient and modern Metro to neighborhoods that reflect the Delhi of past centuries: chaotic, crowded, with sacred cows and saddhus wandering the narrow lanes. Both worlds represent today’s Delhi, and both are embraced by the city’s inhabitants.
*Niger*: The U.S. State Department warned against travel to the north of the country because of kidnapping threats against Westerners. A terrorist group linked to al-Qaidaabducted a French national April 20 west of Agadez, and heavily armed men tried to kidnap U.S. embassy officials in November 2009 in Tahoua. The U.S. Embassyin Niamey considers the threats to be ongoing and restricts the travel of U.S. government personnel and official visitors north of the capital. Officials urge those who choose to travel to these northern areas to be extremely cautious.
*•Larry Habegger is executive editor of the award-winning Travelers’ Tales book series ( www.travelerstales.com), editor-in-chief of Triporati.com and is based in San Francisco.*
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Thai starts using Myanmar String Puppets
May 6th, 2010
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They learn from us too. If I am not mistaken, you went there resently, right?
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:34 AM, KHIN MAUNG HTWE < puppetshow@htweoomyanmar.com> wrote:
Temperatures reach record highs in central Myanmar
May 3rd, 2010
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Temperatures reach record highs in central Myanmar…?more news
2010/4/26 Nyi Nyi ®
New Book ” Bloodfaces” available at Myanmar Book Center!
April 28th, 2010
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Hi Guys, Just in case you missed the article on Chin women and the “Bloodfaces Book”. The article was published in MMT during Thingyan – below please find the link (only in Burmese language)
http://www.myanmar.mmtimes.com/2010/timeout/462/time01.html
And by the way: the Book is now available at the Myanmar Book Center.
Best regards,
Swe Yi
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM, T K Pau wrote:
Myanmar new year
April 17th, 2010
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*MYANMAR NEW YEAR ( THIN GYAN ) FESTIVAL ( APRIL 13 to 17 ) * Myanmar celebrates New Year or *Thingyan* according to the lunar calendar and this normally falls around the middle of April.
This is the traditions handed down from generations to generations. The earliest instances of Thingyan during the Bagan Dynasty are seen on the numerous mural paintings in Bagan’s pagodas. There was even a story of a jilted queen who tried to poison her King because she felt she was shamed during the royal Thingyan Festival. But that is another story.
Legends tell us of a bevy of female Celestial Beings entrusted with holding up the severed head of the Brahma( another Celestial Being) who had lost his bet on the question of how wide is the Universe. This severed head has so much magic power that it cannot be placed on the ground as it would scorch every living thing on earth and if thrown into the ocean as it will evaporate all the waters in the oceans. So a bevy of female Celestial Beings were chosen to hold on to it at their abode in the heavens. And every year in the Myanmar month of *Tagu* this head is passed from one guardian to another. But others say it is to signal the change of seasons in the northern hemisphere, from the cold winter days to sunny Summer days. A wake up call for the farmers to prepare their fields for the new harvest with the coming of the monsoon rains.
But whatever the reason. *Thingyan* is one of the most auspicious time for the Buddhist people of Myanmar.
Many foreigners see Thingyan as a time of play, splashing water on each other and merry making. Maybe they are influenced by the images and commercialization of such an auspicious event in the neighbouring country. And how sad that they miss the real essence of *Thingyan*.
During the duration of* Thingyan *devotees crowd the pagodas. Many go to spiritual retreats at the monasteries during this time. Others observe the Sabbath for the whole duration of the *Thingyan*, some in monasteries or at home.
The most popular ceremony at this time is the *Shin byu *( the novitiation of young boys and youths) into the monkhood. For the parents this novitiation ceremony is a great joy, not to mention a great merit making occasion. For this ceremony re-enacts the Rejection of Prince Sidhattha of all the worldly attachment of the royal court of his father, going into the forest and later attain Enlightenment to emerge as Lord Gauttama Buddha. The newly initiated monks (or novices) are repaying also the boundless love of their parents with gratitude by becoming monks or novices even temporarily during the Thingyan holidays.
The ceremony starts with the future young monks or novices dressed up like princes of the court. Then they are escorted to the pagoda and around the town in a procession. The cars ( or a horses) to carry them would be decorated with golden umbrellas fit for the royal princes. A big feast hosted by the proud parents for invited guests will also wait for them when they arrive back. Sometime this Novitiation Ceremonies might also be combined with an Ear Piercing Ceremony for the girls. The girls will also be dressed in the costumes of princesses of the royal court and accompany the boys around the town.Their ears are pierced in an elaborate ceremony with the proud grandparents or the parents presenting them with their first earrings. After all the guests had gone back the immediate family will go to a monastery of their choice and the Abbot shaves the young boys heads and don them with the saffron Holy Robes of a monk.
At all Myanmar homes family shrine room is dusted and cleaned. The Buddha Images, many priceless heirloom objects handed down from generation to generation, are washed and some will be re-glided with gold leaves. The whole family participates at this auspicious occasion.
Many young people organize mass ceremonies to kowtow to the senior citizens in the neighbourhood, wash their hairs or trim their nails as gestures of reverence and acts of making merits.
The Myanmar *Thingyan *(New Year) is not all rowdy amusements, gaudy attaire and loud music or water throwing but also a great religious occasion, lovingly preserved and followed by every Myanmar Buddhist in the country.
*SAW ( Your Private Guide )
Myanmar*
saww.myanmar@gmail.com