Local resident Naomi Boucher is sharing traditions from Myanmar as May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Boucher, 51, who is a native of Ye Oo, which is located north of Mandalay, ...

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In her Facebook post, Khing can be seen dancing to an upbeat tune when the military starts to storm the blockaded road behind her. Khing explained she was oblivious to what was happening and was ...

The medium spins around in a frenzy of red and gold while glugging from a bottle of whisky, part of an age old ritual to honour Myanmar's spirit guardian of drunkards and gamblers. Every year ...

A haunting refrain pierces the night as the tribeswomen of the Gongwang Bonyo, among the most isolated people in Myanmar, dance around a campfire to bless the harvest ahead. The group are part of the ...

Burma’s democratic-majority Parliament on Tuesday elected Htin Kyaw as Aung San Suu Kyi’s surrogate president. Ms. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won 80% of the elected seats last November in ...

The Myanmar Embassy in China held various activities, including water splashing, Thingyan dance performances, and a jewelry exhibition on Sunday and Monday to celebrate the Thingyan Festival. Tagu is ...

YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Myanmar New Year's Ata Thingyan Festival will be celebrated peacefully without music or dance, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday.

The performance will be preceded at 7:00 pm by free pre-performance lecture. Asia Society Museum's exhibition Buddhist Art of Myanmar is also open until 9:00 pm on Friday, May 10 (free Museum ...