68^th Chin National Day held in Mandalay   

Photo: Thiha Ko Ko(MDY)

THE 68^th Chin National Day was celebrated in Mandalay on 20 February with a speech by Dr. Van Lian Thang, Chairman of the Chin National Day Holding Committee.

Present at the ceremony were members of the Social Organisations of  Kachin, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan national races, members of the Association of Chin National Literature and Culture and special guests. Vice Chairperson Daw Swe Nwei Mway elaborated on Chin National Day and the aims of holding events in its honour. Chin nationals performed traditional folk dances for spectators.

The chairman and officials of the holding committee presented awards to outstanding students who passed the matriculation exam for the 2015-2016 academic year, and outstanding university students.

Students from Chin State then performed traditional the Chin Bamboo Dance and traditional folk dances.

In the Bamboo Dance, the dancers move among bamboo poles which are constantly hitting each other. The dance is said to be very difficult, requiring coordinated timing between the dancers and the bamboo holders. One wrong move can result in a dancer’s ankle being struck hard with one of the bamboo poles, a traditional method that encourages concentration.—Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay)

 

                                   Taungoo hosts htamanè cooking competition

Photo: Shwe Win (Pyay)

A COOKING competition for makers of Myanmar traditional htamanè was held at the sports ground in Taungoo Township on 21 February.

Staff from the 13 departments of the Taungoo Township administration participated in the cooking competition.

Brig-Gen. Thein Lwin, Deputy Commander of the Southern Command, an official of Taungoo District Administrative Department, cut the ribbon to open the event, and an official from the Taungoo Township Administrative Department explained the contest rules.

Brig-Gen. Thein Lwin, along with district and township departmental heads presented awards to the winning teams.

Myanmar traditional htamanè is a glutinous snack made from sticky rice, sesame seeds, peanuts slices, coconut chips, ginger strips and groundnut oil. It is a seasonal delicacy in Myanmar.

People around Myanmar make htamanè on the full moon day of Tabotwe, the 11^th lunar month on the traditional Myanmar calendar, which usually falls in February.—Shwe Win

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17th Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bicycle Rally held

17th Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bicycle Rally

17th Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bicycle Rally

TO promote the bilateral relationship between Myanmar and Thailand and to strengthen ties between citizens of both countries the 17th Thai-Myanmar Friendships Bicycle Rally was held at the No. 1 Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Myawady yesterday.
Union Minister U Htay Aung for Hotels and Tourism and Regional Minister U Naing Min Soe Thein for the Planning and Commerce of Kayin State, members of the Kayin State Government, the Tourism and Sports Minister of Thailand Kobkarn Wattanawarangkura and party attended the opening ceremony. The ministers and representatives of both countries exchanged souvenirs and cut ribbons to open the Friendships Bicycle Rally.

Over 1000 cyclists from both countries participated in the rally. – Htein Lin Aung(IPRD)
Photo: Htein Lin Aung(IPRD)

Myanmar International Furniture Expo 2016

 

Myanmar International Furniture Expo 2016

 

Myanmar International Furniture Expo 2016 opened in Yangon



THE four-day Myanmar International Furniture Expo 2016 was opened at the Tatmadaw Hall in Yangon on Friday in grand fashion.
The Myanmar Rattan and Bamboo Entrepreneurs Association (MRBEA) and the Wood-Based Furniture Association (WBFA) organised the event for member entrepreneurs to showcase their furniture products and for the public to inspect furniture at one location. At the event, furniture will be sold at affordable prices, said U Nyan Win, chairman of and the Wood-Based Furniture Association (WBFA).
This Expo is very interesting; we are seeing improvements as this year’s expo is up to international standard. The furniture manufacturers have started to produce higher quality products and prices are affordable, said a buyer.
The member entrepreneurs of the Myanmar Rattan and Bamboo Entrepreneurs Association (MRBEA) and the Wood-Based Furniture Association (WBFA) are exhibiting their products at 174 booths.
The Expo is set to be held from 12 to 15 February. –Soe Win (MLA)
Photo:Soe Win(MLA)

Bamboo seedlings grow in a plantation in the Hlaing Yoma Mountain reserve forest.
Photo: Tin Hla Maung

Bamboo seedlings grow in a plantation in the Hlaing Yoma Mountain reserve forest.
Photo: Tin Hla Maung

Bamboo seedlings grow in a plantation in the Hlaing Yoma Mountain reserve forest.
Photo: Tin Hla Maung

Bamboo cultivation improves livelihoods, health of rural people

THE cultivation of bamboo on both small and commercial scales can offer significant benefits to rural people’s livelihoods and health, said U Htein Win, the chairman of the Green Move Company, who also manages model plots of various kinds of bamboo in the Hlaing Yoma Mountain reserve forest at beside the Taikgyi-Phaunggyi-Bago road.
In order to sell bamboo seedling plantations and raise the number of bamboo cultivations, the Ministry of the Environmental Conservation and Forestry has rented out 175 acres of land under a 30-year contract to the Green Move Company. At present, the company grows Kahlway bamboo, a kind of the silk bamboo that grows around the area of Dawei District, and Kyahlwut bamboo from Pin Long Township. The company aims to sell 70,000 silk bamboo seedlings to bamboo planters.
There are 25 species of bamboo in Myanmar, 18 of which the company is cultivating for research purposes.
The aim of planting bamboo trees in this area to popularise bamboo cultivation among farmers, as it has a huge profit potential.
“Most people in Myanmar don’t know to make profits from commercially cultivating bamboo trees,” said U Htein Win, the chairman of the Green Move Company and a member of the Myanmar Rattan and Bamboo Entrepreneurs Association.
He added: “There is lack of bamboo farmers who plant bamboo in systematic way, and we have to plant the bamboo systematically in the future. Now, visitors from Myanmar and from abroad come to study our bamboo plantations. Foreign experts are training amateurs from villages nearby and all over the country in bamboo cultivation free or charge.
Bamboo can also add significant solutions to environmental problems to its list of successes.
Bamboo absorbs more carbon dioxide, and releases 35% more oxygen into the atmosphere than an equivalent grove of hardwood trees.
So, bamboo would undoubtedly help the environment, and the health of the people.—Soe Win (SP))

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