Mandalay entertainment – Mandalay Marionette (Puppet) Theatre

Bamarlay — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:01:26 +0000

One of the best well known Myanmar traditional theatre performances in Myanmar is the Mandalay Marionette Theatre (also known as Mandalay Puppet Theatre). First founded by two ladies in 1986, the troupe started their performance by performing for the tourists coming to Myanmar. The two founders were Ma Ma Naing, daughter of U Thein Naing, the writer of Burmese Puppet Theatre (1966) and Naing Ye Mar. The troupe is supervised by Dr. Tin Maugn Kyi, a researcher on Myanmar puppet, U Pan Aye and U Shwe Nan Tin, seasoned and well respected puppet masters. The troupe has won a number of national awards, and has performed in various foreign countries. The daily performance consists of two or three parts depending on the program. The parts are Part 1 – Introduction to Myanmar traditional dance and music Musical prelude by a traditional Myanmar orchestra Traditional harp Candle light dance (Bagan dance) Part 2 – Myanmar puppet show Traditional opening – worshipping of spirits Himalaya scene – a traditional scene where the story teller recounts the creation of earth and universe Alchemist (Zawgyi) dance Royal Page Boy’s dance Comedians Competitive dance (between a puppet and a human dancer) Prince and the princess [...]

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Mandalay Entertainment – Moustache Brothers

Bamarlay — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:45:01 +0000

If you want to have a glimpse of traditional Myanmar anyient (dance and comedy show), the best place to see is in Mandalay. The Moustache Brothers Troupe (Mustache Brothers) is a group of banned anyient comedians, once famous among the people of Myanmar but now banned from performing in front of general public for their political activities. They perform their show every evening at 8:30 PM at their home in Mandalay. Because of restrictions imposed on the troupe, the performence cannot be done in full traditional costume. They perform their performence in normal dress, announcing that they are merely demonstrating what the actual Myanmar traditional anyient looks like. This is a mean to circumvent their public performence restriction. The three moustache brothers are Par Par Lay, Lu Maw and Lu Zaw. Par Par Lay used to be a very well known comedian in Myanmar, until his arrest and prison sencente, together with one of his brothers, for seven years. They were arrested after their performence in 1995 at the Myanmar Independence Day performence at NLD head quarter (then at the house of Aung San Su Kyi). They were released in 2000, after serving five of their seven years term, but [...]

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