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NEW COMPLEX THANAKHA GALLERY IN BAGAN
(30 March, 2009)
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Thanakha Gallery comprises showroom exhibits about
Thanakha, Myanmar Handicraft souvenir shop, Beauty and
Health Care Center, Restaurant and Bar, One Dollar shop
and Internet Café.
It has been opened recently and only shop of this kind
in the world said the owner, Shwe Pyi Nann Company,
which is the largest Thanakha products producer in
Myanmar.
Variety of interesting factors relating to the Thanakha
has been shown. The unique is a 100 years old biggest
Thanakha tree.
Items available in Myanmar’s Handicraft souvenir shop
are Myanmar Thanakha, Lacquer wares, rattan wares,
bamboo wares, parasol wood bark paintings and
Jewelleries.
You can enjoy hair cut, massage and Thanakha spa at
Beauty Saloon and Health care. There also has a
Restaurant and Bar offers European, Thai, Chinese and
Myanmar cuisine.
At the large and tidy Internet Café of 20 people
capacity variety of services such as oversea phone call,
VZO chatting, MIRC chatting are offered.
You can find the gallery at the corner of F.I.T Road and
Main Road, Tike-Kone Quarter, Nyaung U.
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THINGYAN FESTIVAL’S JOYOUS TOOLS
FOR CHILDREN (25 March, 2009)
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is the preparation time for children and fun-like people
to play water in water festival. Children are holding
something on their hands and these are the things to
play water with it. It is a kind of toy guns or water
pipe or some of colorful buckets and rod like structure
water hose which are mostly used tools during water
festival period. Some are holding like a rocket in color
but they are made of plastic and it only come out water
from it. When the people draw near to them, they start
to throw water at them and uproar with joyous voices.
Every year, the children’s tools are newly design to
attract the Thingyan Lover children. It is being a
joyous moment and the most festivity time for all
Myanmar people. In this year there are many new things
producing with creative sense for children and that can
take hold of the children’s heart. In this year very new
Thingyan Play things are really attract the children!! |
MAI DAILY FLIGHT TO BANGKOK
(18 march, 2009)
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 MAI will be commencing its daily Flight to Bangkok from
29th March, 2009 for the convenience of the travelers.
Before it was flying to Bangkok 5 days a week except
Thursday and Sunday at 11:00 from Yangon and 13:35 from
Bangkok in local time. Now it will fly daily as per
below schedule.
Daily schedule: Yangon-Bangkok 8M-331 18:55-20:40
Bangkok-Yangon 8M-332 17:25-18:10 |
NOVITIATION CEREMONY
(16 march, 2009)
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 Novitiation Ceremony is the unique characteristic in
Myanmar. This ceremony usually celebrates during the
school holidays, mostly in summer holidays at March &
April before the water festival. In the Myanmar
tradition the boys are compulsory to enter the Buddhist
order for a week or more.
In the Myanmar Buddhist tradition it is compulsory that
every boys over eight years old to twenty have to enter
the Buddhist Order for a week or more as a novice and
over twenty they have to enter the Order again as
Ordained Monk. At least enter twice as Novice and
sometimes even more.
They stay at a monastery whether there are meditation
sessions or not, is not considered a hardship because it
is a blessing for the whole family as well as for the
boys themselves. Novitiation is the obligation for every
parent, rich or poor, since it is believe to be a great
meritorious deed which could prevent them to be at the
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FANTASTIC NEW YEAR FESTIVAL OF MYANMAR
(12 march, 2009)
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 The hot days of the year spontaneously stimulate the
people of Myanmar to be prepared for their famous water
festival (Thingyan). Thingyan songs starting everywhere
and young people imagine and planning to enjoy the water
festival. Water festival of Myanmar is unique in the
world which International people appreciate and enjoy.
This year water festival falls on 13th to 16th April,
2009. Between these days young people throw water to
another and some goes to pagodas and do the good deeds
and keep the Sabbath. Myanmar New Year Day is 17th April
and on that day Myanmar people do meritorious deeds such
as offering food to the monks at the monasteries, free
animals like bird, fish and cattle. As well as shampoo
and clipping nails to the old people.
If you will be in Myanmar in April, don't miss out on
joining in with the festival.
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SUMMER HOLIDAYS OF MYANMAR SCHOOLS
(7 march, 2009)
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 Since March, April, May are the hottest time these are
the summer months of Myanmar. And also school holidays
until June.
During summer holidays, Myanmar families usually travel
to various places such as native to visit relatives,
resort for taking leisure and pilgrimage to the places
which had never been.
Among them most of the families prefer Ngwe Saung Beach
for its clear blue waters, its white crested waves,
sandy beaches and unspoiled and pollution-free natural
surroundings and quite close to Yangon just four hours
drive.
Ngwe Saung Beach is one of the famous beaches for locals
and foreigners situated near Yangon in the current time.
Ngwe Saung extends its warmest welcome to all visitors
who wish to relax amidst the waving palms and balmy
breezes of a truly memorable ocean resort.
Warmly invited to come and visit beautiful Ngwe Saung
Beach!
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