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This festival is celebrated in Myanmar for three days beginning from the day before the full-moon day of October, yearly...
29/07/2020

This festival is celebrated in Myanmar for three days beginning from the day before the full-moon day of October, yearly.

There are some Myanmar traditional festive events, such as offering one thousand candle lights to Pagoda (in some region, people offer eight thousand and ten thousand candle lights to Pagodas), paying homage to the elderly peoples (especially grandparents, parents, teachers, relatives and so on), children playing with fireworks, floating candle light with the lamps or small boats in the water, etc.

This is a religious event and it is noted that Buddha ascended to heaven to preach the doctrine (Abhidhamma) in gratitude of his mother who passed away seven days after giving birth to Buddha and reborn as a heavenly being.Buddha preached the doctrine to his mother (Mal Taw Mi Nat Thar) and other celestial beings for three months in heaven. Humankind on earth respectfully welcomed Buddha with candle lights, lamps, lighting balloons, etc., upon Buddha descending back to earth. The Buddhists around the world kept on celebrating lighting festival as a religious event after Buddha passed away until now.

There are some Myanmar traditional festive events, such as offering one thousand candle lights to Pagoda (in some region, people offer eight thousand and ten thousand candle lights to Pagodas), paying homage to the elderly peoples (especially grandparents, parents, teachers, relatives and so on), children playing with fireworks, floating candle light with the lamps or small boats in the water, etc.

Thadingyut festival in October is a day to inform the beginning of the dry cold season after a long rainy season. People living in rainy areas like Yangon are eagerly waiting for this day to come. In rural areas like Bagan, the farmers become active again because they must prepare to work in the fields with their cows to grow crops. But Thadingyut, the festival of light is one of Myanmar most enjoyable festivals and people of all ages will be participating in some kind of the festive events.

All the Burmese have their own childhood memories of the festival of lights.

~~~ Be Kind Each Others ~~~The most religious Buddhist country in the world, Myanmar has the highest proportion of monks...
01/07/2020

~~~ Be Kind Each Others ~~~

The most religious Buddhist country in the world, Myanmar has the highest proportion of monks and nuns, with somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of the population practicing Buddhism.

Every Buddhist Burmese boy between the age of 7 and 13 is expected to enter the monastery as a novice monk for a period of a few weeks to several months. He has a choice to return to life outside the monastery at any time, or he can stay on as a monk, if he so chooses.

Monks and novices in Myanmar - the Buddhism way of life

Myanmar is one of the most devout Buddhist countries in the world. About 89% of the people in Myanmar are Buddhist. People in Myanmar practice the Theravada Buddhism, which is more austere and ascetic, but also harder to practice than the Mahayana Buddhism, the other main branch of the Buddhism.

Theravada Buddhism is also followed in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos and Thailand. No one really knows, but experts estimates that in Myanmar live about half a million monks. It's customary for a male in Myanmar to enter a monastery twice in his life.

Once as a samanera, a novice monk, between the age of 7 and 19, and again as a hpongyi, a fully ordained monk, sometime at the age of 20. Some might remain a monk for just a few days, while others stay for life.

Monks hold the highest status in the society of Myanmar. The overwhelming majority of the monks and novives in Myanmar wear maroon-colored robes.

Monks receive two meals per day, breakfast and lunch and they are not allowed to eat after 12:00 noon.

Early in the morning the monks and novices go out carrying a bowl to get offerings like rice, curry or other food. Usually a monk has his own family where he goes every day.

It is not begging, since the family invited the monk to come to their house. It is a ritual that expresses a profound bond between the monks and the ordinary Buddhist and gives the locals the chance of doing the deed of dhana and to acquire merit.

The novices in Myanmar have quite an easy-going life. They only have to keep 10 precepts, a fully ordained monk has 227 precepts.

Young novices are allowed to play football, watching TV, playing video games and having fun, which is great to see, because all in all they are just normal kids.

On the other hand, the life of the monks can be very tough: sleeping in a dormitory, waking up very early, washing with cold water, studying a lot and always strict discipline.

Very often the young novices start their monastic life in a small village at the age of seven or ten. When they grow older they get the opportunity to go to a bigger city or religious center like Bagan, Mandalay/Sagaing or even Yangon.

They have to make a decision: either they go to a big monastery with sometimes up to more than thousand other novices. Or they prefer the more quiet and meditative life in a small monastery.

Novices have to learn a lot, and the learning doesn't stop for a fully ordained monk.

First they have to learn Pali to gain access to the Buddhist scriptures. Pali is also frequently chanted in a ritual context. The other focus of the study is to learn the way of the Buddhism life.

Sometimes, in case they attend a monastic school or a scripting center, they also get the opportunity to learn English, Mathematics and Physics. And the brightest of the young monks will probably attend the Buddhist university in Yangon to study Buddhism for many years.

This photo taken
@ Mandalay, Myanmar.

©Chan Myae Win (UCSM)

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13/05/2020

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12/05/2020

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~~~ Around Dhammayangyi Temple ~~~Location : Bagan, MyanmarPhotographer : Chan Myae Win (UCSM)Dhammayangyi Temple is a B...
27/02/2020

~~~ Around Dhammayangyi Temple ~~~

Location : Bagan, Myanmar

Photographer : Chan Myae Win (UCSM)

Dhammayangyi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu.

~~~ Struggle life of fisherman ~~~@ Ayarwady River, Myanmar
16/02/2020

~~~ Struggle life of fisherman ~~~
@ Ayarwady River, Myanmar

~~~ Daily Life ~~~Location : Sagyin Hill, Myanmar.Camera : Nikon D90 + Tokina 11-16 f/2.8This is the scene at Sagyin vi...
03/02/2020

~~~ Daily Life ~~~

Location : Sagyin Hill, Myanmar.
Camera : Nikon D90 + Tokina 11-16 f/2.8

This is the scene at Sagyin village, on the banks of the Ayeyerwady River in Madaya Township, about 30 miles (46 kilometres) from Mandalay. Dotted around the village are a handful of sculptors working on the marble statues, while several traders, most of them little more than a small shop, can be seen around the village and its surrounding area.

Along the road from Mandalay to Mogok, a town itself renowned for its rubies, are dozens of small shops selling the marble statues, most of them some variation on depictions of the Buddha.

~~~ S p e e d ~~~Traditional bullock cart raceA Myanmar traditional bullock cart race is being held at Hmaing Hpan Villa...
18/01/2020

~~~ S p e e d ~~~

Traditional bullock cart race

A Myanmar traditional bullock cart race is being held at Hmaing Hpan Village in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region.

The bullock cart race is famous in Kyaukse Township and Mandalay Region. This is the reason why local people from Kyaukse District are participating in the bullock cart race.

“Locals are interested in the bullock cart race. There are two types of bullock cart races,” said U shan, a local from Hmaing Hpan Village.

The Bullock cart race is usually held after the harvest time. The Myanmar traditional bullock cart race is always included in the pagoda festival as a recreational activity and as a way to showcase the strength and health of oxen, said villagers.

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~~~ Happy Young Monks ~~~This photo taken at Me Nu Oak Kyaung in Ava @ Innwa (Old City).Me Nu Ok Kyaung ( Maha Aung Myae...
14/01/2020

~~~ Happy Young Monks ~~~

This photo taken at Me Nu Oak Kyaung in Ava @ Innwa (Old City).

Me Nu Ok Kyaung ( Maha Aung Myae Bon Zan Monastery in Innwa )

Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery.............................................................
Maha Aung Myae Bon Zan Monastery is located inside of Innwa Palace and it's one of remaining buildings from Innwa Dynasty.

Even official name is Maha Aung Myae Bon Zan Monastery , all the locals called it " Me Nu Oak Kyaung " that means the monastery was donated by Queen Me Nu.

It's constructed in 1822 & but it was badly damaged in 1838 earthquake and it's restored in 1873 by the daughter of donator.

The Best photo to Sagaing Hill and two bridges are from the front part Pagoda of it.

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Crd: Ko Soe Soe

Photography By Chan Myae Win (UCSM)

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