Chinlone (ခြင်းလုံး) - The Mesmerizing Traditional Sport of Myanmar
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Chinlone (ခြင်းလုံး) - The Mesmerizing Traditional Sport of Myanmar

Chinlone, also known as Caneball, is a unique and fascinating traditional sport that originated in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. It is a non-competitive game that involves a team of six players passing a ball made of woven rattan with their feet and any other part of their body except their hands.

The game is played to the rhythm of traditional music, which creates a mesmerizing and enchanting atmosphere.

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Thadingyut (Myanmar’s Lighting Festival)
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Thadingyut (Myanmar’s Lighting Festival)

The Thadingyut Festival (also known as the Lighting Festival) is held on the full moon day of the Burmese Lunar month of Thadingyut. Myanmar people used to hold ceremonies to pay respect to the elder people with gifts.

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Legend of Mount Popa | Myanmar’s Mount Olympus

Legend of Mount Popa | Myanmar’s Mount Olympus

Mount Popa (Burmese: ပုပ္ပားတောင်) is an extinct volcano 1,518 metres (4,981 feet) above sea level, and located in central Myanmar (Burma) in the region of Mandalay about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Bagan (Pagan) in the Pegu Mountain Range. It can be seen from the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River as far away as 60 km (37 mi) in clear weather.

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Bagan | The First Myanmar Kingdom
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Bagan | The First Myanmar Kingdom

Bagan (Burmese: ပုဂံ - Formerly: Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.

From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar.

During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas survive.

On 6 July 2019, Bagan was officially inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, after 24 years since the military government first nominated the city in 1995, during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee.

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