Snapshots

The ruins of a historical building, located just across the Bago River, used to be only popular with drug addicts and young couples. That was until 2013 when the Department of Archeology and National Museums took control of the building.The Department cleared out the grounds and began a maintenance

As much as the Myanmar people love festivities, they enjoy dance. Many of the nationalities have group dances to celebrate harvests and New Years when men and women may dance together but decorously without even touching hands, as is traditional to the culture. Dance performances are enjoyed by all,

Mythical Creatures
Mythical creatures from ancient legends are often used as decorative motifs for pagodas or musical instruments. They are the Keinari and Keinara, half-human half-bird; ogres with green skin; the Naga, the water serpent; the Galon, the giant bird; the deer-like Toe Naya; the Meg

Chin thay (Burmese for ‘lion’) are mythological lion-like creatures (leogryph) that can be seen standing guard at the entrances of pagodas, cities and other important places. Chin thay are sometimes full-body lions but more often they have the rear half of a lion with their front half taking the