Mon (cultural, political)
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | Euro-Mon Community |
| Description/subject: | | "To strengthen the cause of unity within the Mon people,
To improve the national education and culture, literature, society,
To cooperate with other nationalities in Burma and international communities to reform Burma to be a democratic country are our main purpose.
In the 26-27 July 2003 all Mon organizations in European countries attended the Euro Mon meeting. The meeting took place in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, and we formed the organization Euro-Mon Community..."
EMC in the News;
Mon & Burma News;
Mon History;
Mon Language & Sript;
History of Mon inscription;
History of Shouth East Asia;
Image of Mon;
Map of Monland... Not very much on the site yet, but it has just begun. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Euro-Mon Community |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 31 July 2004 |
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| Title: | | Mon Community of Canada |
| Description/subject: | | Largely Mon Community aims, messages etc. unfortunately accompanied by aggressive advertising from the site sponsor. |
| Language: | | English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Mon Culture and Literature Survival Project |
| Description/subject: | | "The Mon Culture and Literature Survival Project (MCL) is a group of people both
Mon and foreigners who are concerned with the preservation of the cultural
identity of the Mon people. The MCL is a non-denominational and non-political
organization with the sole interest of preserving Mon culture. The MCL currently
consists of 12 members of different nationalities (Mon, Thai, Swiss, and
American) and is currently being registered as a non-profit organization in
Switzerland with the official registration number due in March-May 2001. MCL's
Southeast Asian hub is in the town of Sangkhlaburi, Thailand.
The MCL works closely with other organizations and people who are involved
in the study, promotion, and preservation of Mon culture. The MCL supports the
Mon people, situated in Burma and Thailand, in their endeavors to preserve, promote, and pass on
their cultural identity in all its aspects to future generations. The principal activities of the MCL include
the education of children and adults, the preparation of necessary teaching materials, as well as the
support of their daily cultural practices.
Currently the Mon population is under 2 million people."
Monland: Who Are The Mon People; Latest News.
Language: Mon Phonetic Code; Mon Bilingualism.
Literature: Proverbs of the Mon; Legends of the Mon;
Daily Life and Traditions: A Monk's Funeral;
Mon Food; Mon Medicine;
Mon Holidays and Calendar;
Mon Faces;
Traditional Dress.
Music: The Crocodile Harp. History:
National Symbols and Anthem:
The MCL: History and Achievements; Goals; Statutes of the MCL.
Help the MCL.
Activities of the MCL:
MCL School;
MCL Christmas;
Youth International. |
| Language: | | English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Mon Unity League |
| Description/subject: | | * Home...
* About MUL...
* Monland Update...
* MUL Activities...
* Media Releases...
* Information Sheet...
* Publications. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Mon Unity League |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Monland Restoration Council |
| Description/subject: | | Lots of stuff on the site -- news, statements, research, articles in Mon and English, list of Mon organisations, links, photo gallery, Mon politics, literature and history and lots more. |
| Language: | | English, Mon |
| Source/publisher: | | Monland Restoration Council |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | New Mon State Party website |
| Description/subject: | | Material in Mon, Burmese and English. |
| Language: | | Mon, Burmese, English |
| Source/publisher: | | New Mon State Party |
| Format/size: | | html, pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 18 October 2005 |
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| Title: | | Rehmonnya.org (human rights and media website) |
| Description/subject: | | "Rehmonnya.org is an information web homepage provided by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma as Human Rights issues, forums and publications for all communities to share the current situation of Mon territory and southern part of Burma.
In this web page, we put all publications from our HURFOM such as "The Mon Forum monthly issue, Woman and Child Rights Project's report & journal (in Mon and Burmese) and Our time journal (in Mon language). We also link "Guiding Star monthly Mon newspaper" in Mon language from the Media issue for all Mon community to share their idas and inspirations.
Please contact us if you would like to contribute any articles, cartoons, stories and poems in either "Guiding Star" Mon language newspaper or other Journals and magazines which were publiced from HURFOM.
Thank you very much for visit and support us. Please Enjoy!" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 20 March 2004 |
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| Title: | | The Mon Information Home Page |
| Description/subject: | | Last updated June 1995. Good on Mon history and language. Includes Mon hypertext grammar. |
| Language: | | English |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | UNPO Mon Page |
| Description/subject: | | Brief profile and history. Articles. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations and Peoples' Organisation (UNPO) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | An Enduring Culture |
| Date of publication: | | April 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | The Mon, one of the earliest indigenous people in the Thai-Burmese area, were instrumental in disseminating Buddhism to the region. Nowadays they face a fight for cultural survival...
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CONCENTRATED in the mountainous border area of Burma and Thailand, up to three million Mon are struggling to preserve their culture and language.
Researchers and anthropologists worry that Mon culture may disappear entirely, deliberately assimilated through the policies of both the Thai and Burmese governments.
Thai military officials observe a Mon festival in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok. (Photo: Bangkok Post)
As evidence, they point to Moulmein, the capital of Mon State in Burma, where the name of the Mon National Museum was changed by Burmese authorities to the “National Museum,” and members of the Mon Literature and Culture Association were replaced by junta associates.
In Thailand, meanwhile, security officials pressured organizers of the annual Mon National Day festival in February to refrain from singing and dancing, to limit the festival to one day, to identify the organizers of the festival and ban the participation of unregistered workers from Burma.
In addition, Thai officials also urged the public not to support the Mon cultural events at Samut Sakhorn, home to almost 200,000 workers from Burma, the majority of whom are Mon..." |
| Author/creator: | | Lawi Weng |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 4 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 April 2008 |
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| Title: | | Waiting Game |
| Date of publication: | | November 2005 |
| Description/subject: | | Junta tightens control in Monland...
"As in other ethnic regions of Burma, where ceasefire agreements have been a growing source of frustration and bitterness, Monland in southern Burma has also seen its share of broken promises and the increasing likelihood that lasting peace is still a long way off.
The New Mon State Party—the region’s principal ethnic opposition group—entered a ceasefire agreement with Rangoon in 1995, at the urging of the country’s military leadership as well as members of Thailand’s political and business communities, who were eager to increase investments in the region. Foreign oil companies, such as France’s Total and Unocal in the US, saw peace in the region as good for business. Each had proposed a natural gas pipeline through contested areas of Mon State—a fact that caused the regime to exert greater pressure in the interest of increasing vital foreign investment.
In 1996, the NMSP received 17 industrial concessions in areas such as logging, fishing, inland transportation, trade agreements with Malaysia and Singapore, and gold mining. The regime, however, had cancelled the majority of these contracts by 1998, leaving NMSP leaders with little in terms of economic support and weakening the opposition party..." |
| Author/creator: | | Louis Reh |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 11 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 01 May 2006 |
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| Title: | | Mon Culture: Dying or Reviving? |
| Date of publication: | | October 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | "One of Southeast Asia’s oldest cultures is under threat of extinction. Defenders of Mon identity and language are working to ensure its survival...
During his defense hearing at a court in the Mon State capital of Moulmein, Mon Buddhist abbot U Palita refused to speak in Burmese, even though he knew it well enough. "This is Mon-land," he argued, "where I should be able to speak Mon in official matters." The authorities eventually acquiesced and arranged for an interpreter to translate his words into Burmese.
That was 1975, a year after Burma’s socialist government granted statehood to the Mon in Burma’s southeast. Yet despite this concession, the Mon were without any real autonomy. Rangoon continued to control many of the state’s affairs and insisted that the Mon speak Burmese in all official matters..." |
| Author/creator: | | Min Zin |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 8 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 06 December 2003 |
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| Title: | | Mon Language in Thailand: The endangered heritage |
| Date of publication: | | 11 May 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | "This paper will give the picture of Mon language situation in Thailand both
spoken and written language from the earliest time to the present day. The
written language will include inscriptions, palm leaf manuscripts, and
printed books..." |
| Author/creator: | | Paphatsaun Thianpanya, |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Kao Wao News Group |
| Format/size: | | html (60K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 12 May 2003 |
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| Title: | | War, History and Identity (a review of Ashley South's "The Golden Sheldrake") |
| Date of publication: | | April 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | "A new book on the Mon ethnic group makes a much-needed contribution to the study of Mon history and sheds light on some of the complexities of Burma’s ethnic conflicts...
Although ethnic conflict is a key issue in modern Burmese politics, few writers and researchers seem to have covered the topic in detail. Ashley South’s latest book, Mon Nationalism and Civil War in Burma: The Goldensheldrake (Routledge Curzon, 2002), is perhaps the first comprehensive study of Mon history and offers a timely contribution to the issue of Burma’s ongoing ethnic conflicts...
South’s detailed and authoritative book is a must for all interested in Mon history and ethnic minority politics, and for those curious about the dynamics of the civil war and conflict that has raged in Burma for more than 50 years..." |
| Author/creator: | | Tom Kramer |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 3 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | May 2003 |
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| Title: | | MON - Die vergessenen Flüchtlinge in Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | 1995 |
| Description/subject: | | Mon - the forgotten refugees in Thailand
Das Volk der Mon ist die Urbevölkerung im heutigen Kernland von Thailand, im Gebiet von Bangkok in Richtung burmesische Grenze (Kanchanaburi Provinz) sowie im benachbarten burmesischen Bergland und im Kerngebiet des heutigen Burma mit seiner Hauptstadt Rangoon. Einst Träger einer frühen und hochentwickelten buddhistischen Kultur, wurden sie in den vergangenen Jahrhunderten von anderen, aus Norden eindringenen Völkern immer mehr verdrängt. Sie stellen heute sowohl in Thailand wie in Burma eine stark benachteiligte ethnische Minderheit dar. Die Mon in Burma führen seit Jahrzehnten zusammen mit zahlreichen anderen ethnischen Minderheiten einen Kampf um ihre Unabhängigkeit und eigenständige Entwicklung. Diese Bestrebungen werden von der Militärjunta mit einem systematischen Vernichtungsfeldzug beantwortet. |
| Author/creator: | | Hans-Günther Wagner |
| Language: | | Deutsch, German |
| Source/publisher: | | Netzwerk engagierter Buddhisten |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://cscmosaic.albany.edu/~gb661/moncamps.html (Photos of the refugee camps at Halockhani and Lohloe -- 1994?) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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