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Mingalarbar!
In the heart of Myanmar, on the bank in the Ayeyarwaddy
River and located within the space of just a few mines,
cluster the ancient royal cities of Sagaing, Ava (Innwa)
Amarapura and Mandalay. This region, with its fertile rice,
paddies and in numerable pagodas, became actually centers of
the country after the fall of Bagan; in additional to
housing the royal house and court of Myanmar. It became a
center for the best craftsmen, most skilled artisan workers
and the most learned monk.
Even today, the last royal city of Mandalay is still the
consider the real center of Myanmar cultural, and the
studied elegance of the local language and manners lift its
some what apart from others cities in the country.
Mandalay
is a majestic and magnificent town, both of being a former
Royal city. The name Mandalay exudes a kind of special,
exotic charm conjuring up in the mind of many foreigners
images of an Asian Royal city imbued with mystery.
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End Of Strike – Yangon
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King Alaungpaya founded
Yangon in 1755 when he captured the village of
Dagon. He called the settlement Yangon, or End Of
Strife. The most important highlight of Yangon is
the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda.
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A wonder on the
Ayeyarwaddy
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In the low precipitation dry zone
of Myanmar, an arid landscape dotted with Palmyra
palms on a bank in the Ayeyarwaddy River lines the
Pogoda strew plain of Bagan – the largest area of
Buddhist ruins in the world and one of the most
magnificent site in all of the South-East Asia.
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Giraffe Women
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The Padaungs live mostly in the
vicinity of Loikaw, capital of Kayah state. Padaungs
women’s necks give the appearance of having been
elongated by nine kilograms of copper or brass
rings.
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One legged Rower at
Inle Lake
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Since the lake is shallow and
also over grown with weeds and algae, normal fishing
methods are not option. The Intha go out fishing
with a conical, woven bamboo basket between 7 and 9
feet long, using one foot to steady their oar in
order to have a hand free.
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End Of Strike – Yangon
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King Alaungpaya founded
Yangon in 1755 when he captured the village of
Dagon. He called the settlement Yangon, or End Of
Strife. The most important highlight of Yangon is
the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda.
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Center of Myanmar
Culture
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The last royal city of Mandalay
is still the consider the real center of Myanmar
cultural, and the studied elegance of the local
language and manners lift its some what apart from
others cities in the country.
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Myanmar Lacquerware
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Lacquerware reached the area of
present-day Myanmar in the 1st century A.D by way of
the Nan-ch’ ao Empire (modern Yunnan), and is
believed to have been carried to Bagan during
Anawrahta’s conquest of Thaton in 1057. Bagan and
Prome are Myanmar’s main lacquer ware centers.
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The City of Gems
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The city of Ava founded in 1364
by King Thadominpaya who build in the North East
corner of an artificial Island created by the
Myittha Chaung, a channel dug from the Myit Nge to
the Ayewaddy. The classical name by which Ava is
known in Myanmar, however is Rattanapura- the city
of Gems.
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