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 ...

The art of Panyan (mason) is an enterprise which constructs the buildings using bricks, stones and cement. The masons build brick houses, pagoda, bridges. Myanmar’s traditional masonry works enjoys world wide renown for the ancient pagodas and other religious buildings around Bagan region. The Myanmar’s traditional ma...

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...

When you get family gathering this food is suitable one. When you look at this food, you will fine not only colorful but also sweet and tasty.

This is the one of the general snack you can found at every market place in Myanmar. You can easily get this snack in Pagoda Festivals. Myanmar people have this snack in all year round and depend on the place tradition, it accompaniments are boiled garden pea, roasted sesame powder, Fried Onion, Coconut shred, Dried Shrimps or Dried Fishes. Green Tea is always serve with this snack.

I would like to present oily perch fish curry as week’s special. Perch fish is more tender and delicious among freshwater fish. Fish together with tomato, green chili and celery make complete flavors and perfect meal. If you have a chance, should try it for once.

Pork with sweet white radish is easy to cook and tasty main dish. Sweet flavor of radish is top of all flavor in this dish.

Dance in Burma (now known as Myanmar by the government there) can be divided into dramatic, folk and village, and nat dances, each having distinct characteristics. ...

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...

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...