(Thingyan Pot Illustration by Maung Yit.) To welcome the Burmese New Year, having ‘Thingyan Pot’ plays the important part in our Burmese life. Placing ‘Thingyan Pot’ in front of our house, and to welcome Tha-Gyar-Min (King of the celestials),…
May Nyane opens Burmese Language School (MoeMaKa, April 18th 2017) May Nyane , one of Burmese writer and contributor to MoeMaKa News Group from Maryland starts her own Burmese languare school online. On her leaflet, she stated as follows;…
Tha-Gyar-Min (Tha-Gyar-Min has with two parchments (Gold plate and Dog-hide) when he comes down to the human abode. Illustration Credit – Maung Yit) According to folklore, Tha-Gyar-Min, king of the celestials, will be on a visit to the human abode…
I could never be cured by time for my great loss of my dear mother. I eat and drink, and lie down, or having praying, that robotic activity makes the day would pass quickly that I thought in the every…
(On 18th February 2017, I was attending the Tun Foundation Literary Award Ceremony.) The 11th Tun Foundation literary award ceremony was held on 18th February 2017 at the Myanmar Banks Association in Yankin Township, Yangon, Burma. Among those winning books,…
On the 1st January of 2017, the ten-year memorial of the Burmese poet U Tin Moe, was held in Rangoon, Burma. (U Tin Moe (1933-2007)) He was one of famous poets in Burma especially in his writing on poems for…
(My heart leaps when I saw Convocation Hall. It looks gloomy, and told me old memories.) Pre-Centeniel Anniversary of Rangoon University – 96th Anniversary of Rangoon Arts and Science University (RASU) – was held from 6st to 9th December of…
A Glimpse to the Noble Myanmar Literary Festival 2017 by Junior Win (Noble-Myanmar Literary Festival board was standing outside the theatre.) Today, I was at the National Theatre to wonder around the Noble Myanmar Literary Festival 2017. It was held…
(Kyi Aye (13th December 1929 – 2016)) (A photo of Kyi Aye (left), and the sketch of her (right), the artist – unknown) A very rare woman poet in Burma, Kyi Aye, an old friend of my grandparents, once lived…
(The silver super moon we saw last night on the full moon day of Tahsaungtaing.) Families in Burma gathered in front of their door, all together looked at the full moon in the dark sky, waiting the time as the…
Junior Win – They Died with Their Boots On! On the 15th October of 2016, the boat carrying about 300 passengers on board (the boat pecked over the legal limit), sank on 5:00 AM at Chindwon River in Burma. It…
Introduction: Maha Muni Image is a colossal image cast in bronze and inlaid with gold. Hence, this statue became the envy of almost all of the kings of Burma. Whenever they expanded their empire, they tried to rob…
