Chinlone (also known as caneball) is the traditional sport of Myanmar. Chinlone is a combination of sport and dance, a team sport with no opposing team. In essence chinlone is non-competitive. The focus is not on winning or losing, but how beautifully one plays the game. It is also similar to Keepie uppie.

The art of Panbu (Sculpture) means the one which produces figures and floral designs made of wood or ivory. The artisans make the figure of human beings and animals and floral designs. Myanmar’s traditional sculpture emerged before the Bagan period and it improved in the middle of Bagan Era. Myanmar’s sculpture base t...

The typical garment of the Burmese is the Indian lungi or longyi, a sarong worn by both men and women. This replaced the traditional paso for men and tamein for women by the 20th century. For business and formal occasions, Bamar men wear a Manchu Chinese jacket (Taik Pon) over an English collar shirt (sometimes donning a turban c...

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.

As a side dish, I would like to introduce Fried long bean and prawn. Someone who do not like oily curry should try this one with white rice. Please try for once, your family member will also love it.

Roselle leaf soup which have sour taste is common soup for Myanmar people. This soup is served in almost all part of Myanmar. Even in food donation ceremony, roselle leaf soup is major side dish you can fine. This time I am going to make the soup mix with egg-plant to get a special taste. Just for knowledge, roselle leaf is can easily mistake in look with marijuana leaf but different.

Indian trumpet fruit is eaten in many different ways in Myanmar. This fruit is little bitter but some people like that kind of taste. Roast, marinate, pickle and some serve with fresh fruit in salad form.

This dance originates from the time of the Pyu kingdoms (5th-10th century). A small number of relatively crude musical instruments were used and the dance style is slow and sedate. ...

In Burma, it is traditional to make an offering of a green coconut, three hands of bananas, and a few other accessories, to the Guardian Spirit of Land (a nat) prior to an important...

There are many references in the Pali and Sanskrit literature to the mythical birds with human head and torso, Kinnara (male) and Kinnari (female). According to the literature, the ...