By Noe Noe Aung
The Palaung people, who mainly live in northern Shan State, belong to one of the oldest hill tribes of Myanmar. It is believed the Palaungs may have settled in northeastern Myanmar earlier than the Shan and Kachin people. The Palaung are a distinct ethnic group thought to h
By Ma Thanegi
The first Myanmar Empire of
the 11th Century based in Bagan left remnants of its glory not in
forts or palaces but in the thousands of pagodas, stupas (Zedi) and temples.
(Pagodas are any place of worship regardless of shape, size or design. Stupas
or Zedi are p
Chin thay (Burmese for ‘lion’) are mythological lion-like creatures (leogryph) that . Chin thay are sometimes full-body lions but more often they have the rear half of a lion with their front half taking the form of a human, dog or dragon. They usually sit in pairs at either side of an entrance.
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