The Brighter Future

International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS)  to be held in Singapore

Photo: Soe Win (MLA)

THE International Furniture Fair Singapore (IFFS) will take place at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore from 10 to 13 March.

The Myanmar Rattan and Bamboo Entrepreneurs Association and the Wood Based Furniture Association will exhibit Myanmar furniture products at the event with the aim of having a chance to study how to create the furniture products and their designs, how to display their products in the booths from various countries and achieving international recognition for Myanmar furniture products and handicrafts via the event, said U Nyan Win, the chairnan of the Wood Based Furniture Association.

The Singapore Furniture Industry Council has provided 100 square metres for Myanmar exhibitors.

Six Myanmar Companies—two companies from the Wood Based Furniture Association and four The Myanmar Rattan and Bamboo Entrepreneurs Association—will showcase their furniture products through 10 booths.—Soe Win (MLA)

 

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