Our Cultural Village Myanmar/Burma

Our Cultural Village – Myanmar/Burma

Content categories / Links to and description of content /
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.

Image of the flag
Images of Myanmar/Burma / Burma in pictures - pictures of early Burma (downloadable eBook)
Food /
Image: Myanmar/Burma market /
Image: Foraging for a living
Culture /
Image: Burmese dancers /
Image: Papier mache art
Transport /
Image: River travel /
Image: Looking for water with bullocks
Faith /
Image: Bagan Temple, Myanmar /
Image: Shwenandaw Monastery carvings
Politics /
Image: Buddhist monks protesting in Burma /
Image: Imperial Burma 1910
Information
Culture / AsiaRecipe.com - food, religion, history, mythology and other aspects of culture
Burma Treasures - over 100 videos showing Myanmar ceremonies and dance, as well as meditation 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.
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.
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
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: Naga dance /
Image: Burmese dance

Myanmar dance - Blip TV
Music /
Image: Horn /
Image: Harp

Karen song - Video
Audio: Myanmar song
Audio: guitar tune, Karen refugees
Videos /

Flickr video Boat on Inle Lake: shows life along the shore and on the water. /
You Tube video Ear piercing in Thailand and Myanmar

You Tube video The tribes of Myanmar - The Long Neck Padaung /
You Tube video Shoot on sight: The plight of Karen refugees

You tube video Child soldiers in Burma
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, magazines, podcasts / Discussion about human rights in Burma, Canadian student radio, with Burmese protest leader (Audio).
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)
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