Letters

Ngwe Zin Yaw – The Sign of Thingyan

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The Sign of Thingyan

Ngwe Zin Yaw

April 13, 2009

          Burmese Thingyan, the traditional festival for Burmese New Year – Water Throwing was coming near. One of the tradition of Thingyan, having “Thingyan Vase”, a pot full of flowers and branches of plants representing 7 days of a week was still embraced among our Burmese. This year said by the Astrologers that “Thursday-Born” were to be the ritual object of this year Thingyan so we had to buy two “Thingyan Vases” if we had Thursday-born in the family. It cost 500 Kyats each but in reality, the actual price was only 300. Some were selling collection of flowers and braches representing 7 days of a week without a Thingyan Vase only asking around 200 Kyats. And it was selling fast and popular too. There was no sign of season flower of Thingyan called “Paduak” even though there were some rains.

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Photos-News

Burmese in Colorado to celebrate Burmese New Year Water Festival in Denver

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Burmese in Colorado to celebrate Burmese New Year Water Festival in Denver

Ko Oo

April 11, 2009

It was learnt that this year would be 7th annual event for Burmese living in Colorado to celebrate Burmese “Thingyan”, traditional New year – water festival. For this year 2009, they had included some special features on top of water throwing event such that there would be Burmese cultural show and dance, singing contest and traditional Burmese food fair.

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News

Burmese Internet Slower than ever

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Burmese Internet Slower than ever

MoeMaka Reporter (Rangoon)

April 11, 2009

Burmese internet service which was not really fast in the first place would be slower than ever until this coming Friday notified by the authority, sources told MoeMaKa.

Since March 21st, Burmese teleport had been running maintenance works on under-ground fiber optic cable call SEA-ME-WE 3 near Phyar Pon town in Irrawaddy region. Due to the work, the internet speed was slowed down significantly in Burma and according to their first notice; the operation would be back to normal in 25th March. However, more notices were issued later and the last notice said it would be fine not later than April 17th.

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News

Parameter of Road Block Extended near Aung San Suu Kyi’s home

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Parameter of Road Block Extended near Aung San Suu Kyi’s home

Tin Kyaw Kyaw Soe (Freedom News Group), Rangoon

April 8, 2009

Witness told that road blocks around the home of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi where she was held house arrest were seen extended to wider parameters just before the Thagyan celebration. At the west side, the road block was moved to Thanlwin intersection and at the east, at Kabaraye Pagodaw Road junction.

“It was blocked in front of the monastery near her house but later this afternoon, the moved the road block near to “Lolane” madat, a water festival performance stage” told one Burmese young man who was one of the builders of stage near “Inyar Lake”  on University Avenue where Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s home located.

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Photos-News

Gold Plating Process of Shwedagon Pagoda to speed up before monsoon

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Gold Plating Process of Shwedagon Pagoda to speed up before monsoon

MoeMaKa Photo News

April 9, 2009

Shwedagon Pagoda, one of the historic place for Burmese Buddhist in Rangoon was in the process on gold platting around its structure as its annual maintenance and traditional charity work and it was learnt that the schedule would be speeding up to finish before monsoon come in the month of May.

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Essays

Pwint Phyu Nandar – The Burmese People Deserve Better from Their Government

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The Burmese People Deserve Better from Their Government

Pwint Phyu Nandar

(6th Grader’s Essay at her school in San Francisco)

April 7th, 2009

 

  Do you want your government treating you badly, as if you and the people of your country are insignificant to them?  Of course, you don’t.  And neither do the people of Burma. But unfortunately, they are already being treated insignificantly. They deserve better from their government. There are many reasons and examples why, but here are a few main reasons and examples.

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