| News - Culture Written by The Irrawaddy Tuesday, 01 June 2010 04:26 | | RANGOON The reconstruction of Danok pagoda in Dalla Township in Rangoon Division won't be attended by Snr-Gen Than Shwe and his family this time around, according to township residents. |
| News - Culture Written by LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy Monday, 29 March 2010 23:20 | | | The planned election in Burma is one of the main targets of this year's traditional Thangyat album of satire, poetry and music produced by Burmese activists living in exile in India... |
| News - Culture Written by BNI Monday, 29 March 2010 19:00 | | Strict rules are being enforced by Burmese authorities in the construction of Thingyan (Water Festival) pavilions, according to builders. ... |
| News - Culture Written by BNI Monday, 29 March 2010 19:00 | | | The literary and academic talk show to be held in Rangoon is under the hawk’s eye of the junta and will be monitored and tightly controlled by the Rangoon Division Peace... |
| News - Culture Written by Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:22 | | | The All Burma Monks Organization (ABMO) has declared Aung San Oo, brother of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as unethical and rejected his association with Buddhism ... |
| News - Culture Written by Phanida/Mizzima News Friday, 08 January 2010 23:48 | | | Junta’s Northern Command Commander has allowed the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) officers and soldiers to attend the 62nd Kachin State Day Manau festival in military uniforms... |
| News - Culture Written by LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy Thursday, 07 January 2010 19:30 | | | Burmese authorities have ordered that the Burmese language text be removed from billboards in Mon State commemorating the 63rd anniversary of Mon National Day, according to Mon sources. |
| News - Culture Written by Xinhua Thursday, 15 October 2009 16:48 | | | Myanmar official media Thursday called on artists in the country to take part in traditional cultural arts competitions with full respect for their national culture and spirit so that Myanmar's traditional fine art will thrive for ever... |
| News - Culture Written by Kachin News Group Monday, 10 August 2009 23:07 | | | The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), one of Burma's largest ethnic armed groups in the county, observed the organization’s 5th Martyrs Day, today in its controlled areas in Kachin State and Northeast Shan State, KIO sources said... |
| News - Culture Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, 10 August 2009 21:59 | |  Hours before the performance art show was to open to the public, the censors arrived and the grilling began. Under their watchful gaze, the nine artists performed parts of their works, aware that every movement could arouse suspicion... |
| News - Culture Written by ARKAR MOE/The Irrawaddy Wednesday, 29 July 2009 22:12 | | | Thousands of people began gathering at a site near Mandalay on Wednesday for one of Burma’s most popular festivals, the week-long Taung Pyone Pwe, a celebration of ancient belief in nats, or inhabitants of the spirit world... |
| News - Culture Written by ARKAR MOE/The Irrawaddy Monday, 08 June 2009 18:26 | | Burma’s state-run media has broken its long silence on the collapse of the historic Danok Pagoda, calling the structure’s failure a result of renovation work. An estimated 20 people died in the accident...
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| News - Culture Written by Xinhua Friday, 05 June 2009 23:17 | | A boat, believed to be an ancient one, has been unearthed in Mrauk Oo, Myanmar's Rakhine state in the western part, the local 7-Days News reported Thursday. Found by local people when they were digging a water pond in the area ...
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| News - Culture Written by Moe Aye/DVB Wednesday, 03 June 2009 22:42 | | A prominent Burmese monk who organised relief efforts following cyclone Nargis last year has called for religious leaders in Burma to join hands in solving the country’s problems...
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| News - Culture Written by Khin Hnin Htet/DVB Tuesday, 02 June 2009 22:34 | | Burmese government troops in Rangoon’s Dala township deployed to maintain security after a ancient pagoda collapsed on Saturday have warned locals not to talk about victims of the accident...
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| News - Culture Written by Phanida/Mizzima News Monday, 04 May 2009 14:58 | |  On the eve of the first anniversary of Cyclone Nargis, the offerings made to monasteries fell by half in some townships of the storm-hit Irrawaddy Division. The monks from local monasteries said that the reason for declining offerings ... |
| News - Culture Written by Beth Macdonald/DVB Friday, 01 May 2009 15:34 | |  On the surface, the ceremony held last weekend in the small Thai village of Piang Luang was a lavish affair, attracting exiled Shan from across Thailand to ordain new monks and celebrate a culture whose roots reach back over 1000 years...
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| News - Culture Written by Justin A. Hinkley/The Enquirer Wednesday, 22 April 2009 17:56 | | | Edward Thawnghmung gets excited talking about his native Burmese culture. His smile grew Tuesday as he showed folks around the displays he'd set up: photos of the world's largest jade; traditional instruments and a traditional knife; ... |
| News - Culture Written by Xinhua Monday, 20 April 2009 19:54 | | | Four people were killed and 103 others injured during Myanmar's traditional Thingyan water festival in the first four days of this week, the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday... |
| News - Culture Written by Nem Davies/Mizzima News Friday, 03 April 2009 23:59 | | A dress code for singers to perform in the ensuing Burmese traditional water festival called 'Thingyan', prohibiting them from wearing dress alien to Burmese culture has been issued by the Music Association...
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