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Description: Myanma Traditional Cultural Dance
Source/publisher: Myanmar International
2013-08-13
Date of entry/update: 2016-05-01
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Description: This play was performed in 1933 for the Myoma school fund. It was written as a drama within King Alaungpaya court as he organized his nation to prepare an attack on Thailand.....Subject Terms: 1. Myanmar Drama
Creator/author: Zawgyi
Source/publisher: "Collected Works of Saya Zawgyi", Vol.1, pp183-196, 1993, Union of Myanmar Literary and Journalist Organization via University of Washington
1993-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-01
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ (Metadata: English and Burmese)
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Description: This play was performed in Kantawmate Hall in 1942 under the Janpanese occupation.The theme of this play was national unity.....Subject Terms: Myanmar Drama... Japanese occupation..... Key Words: drama... national unity
Creator/author: Zawgyi
Source/publisher: "Collected Works of Saya Zawgyi", Vol.1, pp201-209, 1993, Union of Myanmar Literary and Journalist Organization via University of Washington
1993-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-01
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ (Metadata: English and Burmese)
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Description: Analyzes how Thai culture influenced everyday life in Myanmar, especially in the performing arts, music and handicrafts. The article also describes how Burmese theater adapted Tai Ramayana Court Drama.....Subject Terms: 1. Myanmar - Civilization, 2. Myanmar - Social life and customs, 3. Myanmar - Foreign relations - Thailand, 4. Myanmar Literature, 5. Myanmar Music.....Key Words: 1. Culture, 2. Ramayana, 3. Performing arts, 4. Handicraft.....Annotation: "
Creator/author: Pe Maung Tin, U
Source/publisher: "Nawarat Ko-thwe", 2nd edition, 1974, pp28-46, Sabei Oo Literature, via University of Washington
1974-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-10-21
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ (Metadata: English and Burmese)
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Description: In terms of sheer dramatic interest, the performing arts of Burma are rivaled only by the country?s long and complex history. Even today, our writer finds, Burma?s leaders know how to put on a good show.
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy", Vol. 7. No. 5
1999-06-00
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-21
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Performing Arts
Language: English
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Description: The Revival of a Dying Art_ Myanmar marionette theatre (Yoke They) -- once a highly esteemed royal pastime -- involves not merely stringed wooden dolls, but life-like human substitutes. The puppets are in fact wooden marionettes manipulated by of strings, but they can dance like subtle ballet stars. The Myanmar puppet theatre still retains its own national characteristics and its original Myanmar tradition as it embraces all the artistic products of Myanmar such as dance and music, sculpture, sequin embroidery, and painting....."
Creator/author: Daw Naing Yee Mar
Source/publisher: International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)
Date of entry/update: 2010-12-21
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Performing Arts
Language: English
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Description: "Burmese artist captures traditional dances on canvas... IN his latest solo exhibition, Nay Myo Say, one of Burma?s best known contemporary artists, has again demonstrated his outstanding skill in depicting the essence of Burmese classical dancing and Buddhist ritual..."
Creator/author: Yeni
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 1
2009-02-00
Date of entry/update: 2009-02-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "Burma?s Rawang keep one ancient tradition alive...The arrival of other ethnic groups in the Rawang homeland, the Putao plains of northern Burma, also threatens the future of Rawang culture, confronting the remaining young people with an identity crisis. Tourism is also making inroads into this remote, mountain-ringed region of Kachin State... Happily, one Rawang tradition appears to be in no danger of dying: ceremonial dancing, or ?azolom.? The dance is structured in a snail shape formation in which each circle describes Rawang migration from the flood. Interestingly, a civilization-threatening flood features in Rawang mythology as vividly as in Judeo-Christian texts. The dancers make waving motions with their arms like birds in flight, accompanied by cymbals and drums. The men wear colourful coats of white, red, green and black, colors that respectively represent purity, bravery, peacefulness and stability. They carry blunt swords edged with tiger teeth and wear rattan hats bearing wild boar tusks..."
Creator/author: Elizabeth Kalnin
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 4
2005-04-00
Date of entry/update: 2006-04-27
Grouping: Individual Documents
Category: Performing Arts
Language: English
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Description: "Burmese and Thai officials are using an alluring tactic in an attempt to heal a rift in bilateral relations. Thailand?s government and members of its business sector have worked hard with the Burmese government to mend ties since relations deteriorated over a series of border skirmishes between the two countries last February. While the countries have engaged in several bilateral diplomatic exchanges, private initiatives sponsored by members of the government and business sector are employing cultural diplomacy as a means to promote business interests..."
Creator/author: John S. Moncreif, Greta Khiel
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 10, No. 1
2002-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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