WELCOME TO OUR MYANMAR MISCELLANY!!
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"Mandalay for the speaking, Yangon for the bragging and Mawlamyine for the eating"
If you have an interesting story about Myanmar please send to us and we may include on this page with your credits
Click on the picture below to see more handicrafts...
Our Statement
Gazetted Holidays and Festivals in Myanmar 2008
The Wonderful Thanakha Tree
Herpetofauna of Myanmar ~ interesting article about an expediotion looking for Reptiles and Amphibians in Myanmar
The Quilt of Belonging ~ a very worthy Canadian project to which we were happy to contribute: if this was undertaken elsewhere the world may well be a more peaceful place!!
February 18 2006 - Travels with my Great-Aunt in Burma
August 01 2005 ~ Myanmar Forest Officials Receive Prize from the USA for Environmental and Wildlife Conservation
Pottery Gallery
A potted history of Myanmar and the history of ceramic pottery making in Myanmar
Old Burma
Thingyan Water Festival 2004 Photo Gallery
The Golden Padauk – The Flower of Thingyan (pdf file)
"The Life of Gautama Buddha" - from H G Wells' "A Short History of the World" published by Collins
Extract from map of the Mongol empire at time of the death of Kublai Khan including Myanmar ("Mien")
The complete Rudyard Kipling poem "Mandalay"
Marionette history ~ and Who They Are!!
Discover the beautiful Myanmar weaving style of the Lun Yakyaw Cheik (Lun Taya Acheik) - using up to 100 Shuttles!
Myanmar Musical Instruments (click on the picture below to hear some real Myanmar music - Real Player required)
Lacquerware Techniques
Map of Inle Lake
Colour Me Burma - Pan Gyi Soe Moe
ECO message in Hlawga Park near Yangon
Return for occasional additions and changes to our Pot-pourri...
May 10, 2008
