Hartford Courant

Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of ...

Splashing into the New Year: People in Myanmar share their Thingyan experiences

YANGON: Crowds across Myanmar continued to celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival on Tuesday (April 14), the ...

Myanmar President attends opening of traditional Thingyan festival

YANGON: On the eve of the traditional Myanmar Thingyan, the Naypyidaw Myanmar Ata Thingyan was held in accordance with ...
Digital Journal

Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar ‘slash and burn’ festival

A man stands near burning paddy stubble during a slash-and-burn farming festival on the border of Karen state and southern Shan state in Myanmar - Copyright AFP STR A ...
Barron's

Myanmar Fireworks Festival Goers Shun Politics For Tradition

Myanmar Fireworks Festival Goers Shun Politics For Tradition By AFP - Agence France Presse Oct 31, 2025, 11:36 pm EDT Share ...
ArchDaily

Burmese Teak Farmhouses: Inside Efforts to Preserve a Centuries-Long Building Tradition

Rural teak farmhouse in Kywe Chin Village, north of Nay Pyi Taw, 2017. Myanmar’s traditional teak farmhouses, included on the 2020 World Monuments Watch, embody the country’s unique vernacular ...
The Victoria Advocate

Tradition stokes pollution at Myanmar 'slash and burn' festival

A charred Myanmar hillside is wreathed by flames, spewing ochre smoke that smothers out sunlight in an apocalyptic scene. But the villagers who set it ablaze dance below in a ceremony celebrating the ...