On the 8th of July, the San Francisco Burmese Community held a Food Fair at the Newark Pavilion. The purpose of this event was to raise money to support the relief effort for the Rakhine people. There were…
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SFBC Bookdrive at Burmese Community Thingyan
The Thingyan Pwe, a Burmese water festival, was held on the 27th of May, by the Bay Area Burmese community. At this event, the SFBC Bookdrive had a booth with various displays explaining what this bookdrive is about and detailing its importance in both the Burmese community here, in America, and in Burma.
Thingyan Festival by Junior Win
Thingyan Festival
We have great fun during festivals. People go to the monasteries, pagodas and some interesting places during festivals. Many festivals are celebrated all over Burma.
(Picture Illustrated by Artist U Ba Kyi)
SFBC (San Francisco Burmese Community) Bookdrive Updates
Last month, 6 boxes were sent in 3 batches, costing $330. These boxes, containing books, will be sent to self-run libraries in schools and homes in remote rural areas.
A Letter to my Grandmother by Junior Win
A Letter to my Grandmother ‘One of the highlights of the season in Rangoon is the Shwedagon Pagoda festival celebrated on the grounds around the hill where stands the great pagoda.’ heard from you, grandma, long ago. Today 2600th anniversary of…
Walking through the Wonderland by Junior Win
There was MoeKaung Pagoda Festival held from 9t December of 2011 to 17th December of 2011 in Rangoon. People became crowded after 6:00PM, so I chose early time to see the festival. It was held once per year, so it was impossible to miss it!
The Movement of buildOn by Pwintphyu Nandar
It has been twenty years of building a movement for buildOn. Twenty years of weekends spent doing community service. Twenty years of summers spent in third-world countries helping build schools. That is what twenty years have been like for…
Tanhsungmone and the Medicine Night by Junior Win
Tanhsaungmone and The Medicine Night
Come Tanhsaungmone(Tahsaungtaing), the 8th month of the Burmese calendar, another lights festival even more elaborate with the usual trimming of music, dances, and shows. Tanhsaungmone festival is the lights festival in the month of tanhsaungmone(November). The month is the time for offering special robes and other gifts to the monks.
Where Dams Dare by Junior Win
Where Dams Dare by Junior Win
Khet Mar: Interview with editors, James Byrne & Ko Ko Thet
sampsoniaway.org http://www.sampsoniaway.org/literary-voices/2011/08/22/bones-will-crow-an-anthology-of-burmese-poetry/Bones Will Crow: An Anthology of Burmese Poetry | Sampsonia Way Magazine
James Byrne
James Byrne is an editor and co-founder of The Wolf poetry magazine. He has worked for the Poetry Translation Centre in London and has translated poetry from the Middle-East and the Balkans. For The Wolf he has published the work of Burmese poets Zawgyi, Saw Wai, Hyma Ein, Manorhary and Phone Thet Paing. Byrne recently lived in New York City from 2009-2011, where he was an Extraordinary International Fellow at New York University. His most recent collection is Blood/Sugar, published by Arc in 2009.
SF Burmese Community to Hold 88 23-years Commenmoration Event
San Francisco Burmese Community, together with 10 sponsors invites you to the 8.8.88 23-year Commenmoration Event.
Event Schedule of August 6, 2011
[11:00a.m – 12:00p.m.] Alms to monks and Buddhist ceremony in memoriam of the fallen colleagues at and since 8.8.88
[12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m.] Refreshments will be served
[1:00p.m. – 4:30p.m.] Performance, Exhibitions, and Presentations
Ko Mya Aye
Thar Gyi (AAPP)
March 14, 2011
Our first meeting was in the union of graduate old students which was born in Rangoon University. Mya Aye was actively involved in 8888 people’s uprising. Then, a place on Maung Htaw Lay street became a rallying point for our association which we called ‘GODSA’. After that, we met again together in cell block 5 of Insein prison in April, 1990.
CoBA SF Chapter Announces Net Donation Amount Raised- US $9000.00
MoeMaKa Reporter March 5, 2011 On January 23, friends of Citizen of Burma Association (CoBA) from the San Fransisco bay area held a fund raising for 2011 CoBA’s award and ceremony. They were able to raise a net donation of…
Burmese in Milwaukee Welcome 21st Century Pin Lon of Burma
MoeMaKa Reporter (Milwaukee)
March 3, 2011
On February 27, as an activity to welcome 21st Pin Lon conference, Karen, Myanmar, Mon, Chin, Rakhine, and other Burmese nationals gathered and held together the second ceremony of ‘Htamane’, the Burmese traditional food, at Pyinnyar Yama monastery in Milwaukee in Wisconsin State. The arrangements of this successful fair include such as ‘lunch for the audience attended’ and ‘listening to the sermon’.
Thee Brothers Teaching Burmese Dance to Displaced Children
MoeMaKa Ywar Saw Gyi
February 24, 2011
Kyal Thee, a comedian of Thee brothers, stated that they started teaching Burmese traditional dancing to displaced Burmese children for free at their home in Chiang Mai. According to their announcement posted on their blog http://theelaytheet4t.blogspot.com, the dancing class would start at 11:00 am on Saturday and it is free of charge. He also added that the course will only last for 2-3 months.
“We believe that Burmese traditional arts, music, and dance will greatly help them to feel happy, and soothe their tired minds and bodies while these stateless Burmese children, who had to cross from their homeland to another country, are both physically and mentally suffering from harshness of life, poverty and pressures of different surroundings. It is also our wish to do so,” said Ko Kyal Thee.