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  • Myanmar Longyi and Changing fashion ( Photos & Text )
    • The Myanmar longyi, a sarong-like nether garment is an integral part of the Myanmar national dress worn by men as well as the fairer sex. It is basically a piece of cloth sown into a cylindrical tube, slipped over the head by men and stepped into by the women and tucked in at the waist. Men and women however fasten their longyis at the waist in different ways...............
  • Myanmar Names ( Text )
    • Almost every syllable has its meaning in Myanmar language. Names of towns, names of people, all have meanings. And they are interesting.
  • Myanmar Natural Makeup ( THANAKHA ) ( Photos & Text )
    • Prim city matrons are loud in their grouse and usually their discontent is with the spiralling 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.
  • Dances from Kachin State ( Photos & Text )

    • The commonly known national dances of the Kachins are Manau, Htawngka, Ka Ji Byu, Da gaw, Kabung and Ndaw Nhkrang. Manao is danced by the Kachins or the Jinghpaws. This dance derived from Animistic worship. Originally, the Kachins worshipped the spirits of water, earth, forests, mountains, the world, heaven, air, the moon, the sun and the universe. They also worshipped the spirits and souls of their deceased ancestors.