Culture & Custom

Culture and custom of Myanmar people

Ah-lhu – a donation ceremony

December 5, 2008

When you visit Myanmar, you will encounter ah-lhu one day or another. What is ah-lhu? It is in deed a religious donation ceremony. People usually do ah-lhu when they donate food and offerings to the monk or the monastry. It can be a sole even. Or it can be in celebration for the wedding,...

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