Our Cultural Village Myanmar/Burma
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Our Cultural Village – Myanmar/Burma
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COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS
ONLINE DICTIONARIES
Myanmar English online dictionary
Burmese/English English/Burmese online dictionary
Your dictionary - A detailed account of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
15 simple Burmese words.
Burmese grammar- discusses pronunciation, nouns and verbs.
The Free Dictionary: News, introduction to language and geography, links to several other useful sights
MAPS/FLAG The flag
Description of the flag and its meaning.
The World Flag Database: Flag and map of Myanmar.
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Image of the flag
IMAGES OF MYANMAR/BURMA Burma in pictures - pictures of early Burma (downloadable eBook)
Food
Image: Myanmar/Burma Image: Foraging for a market living
Culture
Image: Papier mache Image: Burmese art dancers
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Transport
Image: River travel Image: Looking for water with bullocks
Faith
Image: Shwenandaw Monastery carvings Image: Bagan Temple, Myanmar
Politics
Image: Buddhist monks protesting in Burma Image: Imperial Burma 1910
INFORMATION AsiaRecipe.com - food, religion, history, mythology and other aspects of culture
Culture Burma Treasures - over 100 videos showing Myanmar ceremonies and dance, as well as meditation
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instruction from Sayadaw Gyi U Kit Sar Ya Na
People and places, with musical accompaniment (Slideshare)
History Brief annotated and hyperlinked timeline from 1044 AD
History of Burma - a Scribd article which gives the history of Burma since 1044.
The New Internationalist gives a short history of Burma
Politics
Subversive technology - Introduction to the Saffron Revolution and Burma's struggle for democracy (Slideshare)
Events World Vision's Cyclone Nargis response programme - video footage from Cyclone Nargis and from Myanmar two years on.
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Cyclone Nargis - how the cyclone happened (Slideshare)
The Lonely Planet Guide - Reasons for and against visiting Myannar
National Geographic - A refuge for tigers has been created by biologist Alan Rabinowitz
Greenpeace - Is Burma Going Nuclear? 21/07/2009
Faith
Illustrated article on Theravada Buddhism in Myannar
General information Wikipedia - 38 pages offering a comprehensive overview of Burma.
Burma - from Wikimedia, general facts, figures, and images from Burma.
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Demography CIA World Fact Book - Burma's geography
Education
Wikipedia (illustrated entry) - High Schools in Burma
The Curriculum project - A brief article about education in Burma
Website of the Canadian Friends of Burma
Time For Kids Classroom - Pro-democracy protests
The opium trade WorldNetDaily - Afghan war lifts Burma's opium trade
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The gem trade Human Rights Watch - The gem trade bolsters the military regime
Richard Hughes - book chapter: History of the Burmese gem trade
International aid Department for International Development - in Burma
MUSIC / DANCE
Dance
Image: Burmese dance Image: Naga dance
Myanmar dance - Blip TV
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Music
Image: Harp
Image: Horn
Karen song - Video
Audio: Myanmar song
Audio: guitar tune, Karen refugees
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VIDEOS
You Tube video Ear piercing in Thailand and Flickr video Boat on Inle Lake: shows life along the Myanmar shore and on the water.
You Tube video Shoot on sight: The plight of You Tube video The tribes of Myanmar - The Long Karen refugees
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Neck Padaung
You tube video Child soldiers in Burma
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Education Karen State Education Assistance - You Tube video showing communities throughout Karen State and discussing Burma's struggle to keep schools open for their children.
The first part of a Burmese refugee teacher training video - You Tube
Rebuilding education after Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis - You Tube
Doctors from Burma awarded at a ceremony (of the Myanmar American Medical Education Society) for making the top 1 percentile list on two US doctorate exams (You Tube ).
READERS, EBOOKS, COMICS, Discussion about human rights in Burma, Canadian student radio, with Burmese protest leader (Audio). MAGAZINES, PODCASTS iTunes Trailer of award winning HBO documentary about the 2007 uprising in Myanmar.
Burma past and present - by Fytche, Albert (eBook)
The Road to Mandalay: A Tale of Burma - by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary), 1849-1920 (eBook)
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NEWSPAPERS
The Guardian - has over 700 articles on Burma
Article about Burma's nuclear programme - from Stuff.co.nz
New York Times discusses the Dissolution of Aung San Suu Kyi's political party
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