Yun-de is lacquerware in Burmese, and the art is called Pan yun. The lacquer is the sap tapped from the varnish tree Melanorrhoea usitata or Thitsee that grows wild in the forests of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is straw-colored but turns black on exposure to air. When brushed in or coated on, it forms ...

Myanmar children are fast catching up on the toys of the present age, such as fire-spitting guns, battery-operated cars and TV games. In the more remote villages the toys may not be high tech but still they are no longer the traditional folk toys, which by now have entered the realms of folk art. However, children still do apprec...

The art of Pantaut (stucco sculpture) means a handicraft of making decorative floral designs in relief with stucco. The artisans make the figures of lions, dragons and floral designs with stucco. Myanmar traditional stucco carving emerged before Bagan period and it improved in Bagan, Ava, Amarapura and Yadanapon period. According...

Tapioca, “Tharku”, can usually seem in food donation ceremony. Because it is very easy to make, families also make it for desert or snack in homes. Sweet taste combine with coconut flavor make this dish perfect.

Myanmar jelly can be various many different kinds. Depending on ingredient add to the jelly such as fresh fruits, fruit juices, coffee taste will b different. Some people make layer by layer as creative. This desert can also be found in food donation ceremony.

In Myanmar, variety of fishes are used to make dishes. For the people who bore to make and eat common fish curries, this time I want to show you how to make braised mackerel fish with ball chilli special curry. Because this curry have hot and spicy taste, This curry is usually serve in winter.

Myanmar people are fan of all kind of salad. Spinach Salad is not commonly found in Myanmar market. Because this vegetable have many medicinal advantage such as for headache, can take pressure and full of magnesium for the body, this dish not only delicious to eat but also good for your health.

Rather than a classic, this dance is an example of contemporary Burmese folk art. The dance has appeared out of the custom of entertaining the crowd, especially volunteers taking pa...

Zawgyi is a Burmese folk character adept in the art of alchemy. He is said to have gained his supernatural skills through occult means. He inhabits thick forests near the Himalaya w...

In the early Suwunna Burnt period, the Sama Gwek Dance was performed inside palaces to glorify the kings and their royal families during the events celebrating the enlightenment ...