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Miss Rosy Myanmar dance – 500 kyat per song

Thet Naing — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:27:57 +0000

This is not Bollywood studio. This is not live show of Madonna. This is the downtown Yangon, in the street of Pansoedan. One lady was dancing with a lively tune. Around her were a number of onlookers, some smiling, some laughing, a few gazing at her with curiosity. However, she seemed to ignore all of them and keep on dancing with her tune. Sweats were flowing down like rain water on her face, over a thick layer of make up. However, she her hands and feet were moving non-stop. She was wearing old, worn out, white T shirt and pant, and put a pair of sun glasses over her head. Beside her was a black cassette player and a white plastic sign board with “May Rosy Myanmar dance – 500 kyat per song” written on it. Song coming out from the cassette player was a popular Bollywood Indian song. In fact, she was a dancer who entertained the customers at 500 kyat a song. In a society like Myanmar where people are reluctant to do anything in public, even men are afraid to do such kind of thing in Myanmar. However, for her, she seemed no to show any reluctance [...]

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A sad tale from Chin Hills

Bamarlay — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:54:28 +0000

Chin Hills State is probably the poorest region in Myanmar. It is also the most difficult region to live and survive. Almost all places in Chin State are mountains and hills, with no flat land; all the towns and villages are built on the mountains where it is very cold or in valleys where malaria is a serious problem. Land for cultivation is so few that the state cannot produce enough rice or food for its entire population. There is not enough jobs for the people, and thousands of Chin youths from towns like Hakha, Falam, Mindat and Kanpetlet go out of Myanmar to work as laborers in nearby countries, especially in Malaysia. With such poor conditions, sad tales of human tragedy are not unheard of. Two years ago, I met a family of four in Chin Hills. I was working there when one day somebody told me of a child admitted to the local township hospital. He was admitted with severe pneumonia and severe malnutrition. The family cannot afford to pay for the medicine and food. They don’t have warm clothes and blankets. The father was attacked by a bear a few years ago while hunting, and become debilitated [...]

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Shwedagon donation box rumour

Thet Naing — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:37:42 +0000

The following is the translation from the blog by Ma Ma written in Burmese. The original article can be found at On Shwedagon. “…… I was quite inquisitive about everything. One day while I was going to Shwedagon as usual, I happened to know about the donation boxes in Shwedagon Pagoda. I was at Chanthargyi Shrine when I saw a young short thin guy carrying the locked donation boxes every night at around 9 PM. He carried all the donation boxes on Shwedagon, not a single night, but every night, and kept them all at the specific place. It was so strange. Even when we were young when the pagoda was open to the public all night long, I never saw or heard anybody kept these donation boxes in a safe place like this. Nowadays when the pagoda gates closes at 10 PM, only the guards are left on Shwedagon Pagoda. Carrying all donation boxes like this every night seemed to me like a punishment to this small boy. I was quite inquisitive, so I asked this young boy who gave him this kind of punishment. He looked very surprised. I asked again why and where he carried them away [...]

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