http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/myanmarexpedition/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from myanmarexpedition en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:59:37 +0000 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:59:37 +0000 In Myanmar there are about 135 ethnic groups. Among them the major races are Bamar Shan Kayin Chin Kachin Kayah Mon and Rakhine. They all have their own dialect tradition culture legendary and traditional costume.Our traditional costume consist ldquolongyirdquo sarong and ldquoeingyirdquo blouse shirtCenturies ago firstly the people from India Tibet and Mongolia came http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/blog-35587.html There are various ways of naming system in every country according to their religion tradition and custom.In western countries peoples have Christian names and surnames. In Myanmar we donrsquot have surnames and Christian names because we use bilateral kinship system we donrsquot use bilateral kinship system.Most of Myanmar parents give the name of their children according to their birthda http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/blog-35585.html Myanmar has three happiest days in their life days in their lifetime. Wedding day the last day of the monk hood and releasing from jailrdquo. Of these occasions today I would like to present you about the Myanmar wedding ceremony. First of all my presentation will not cover the complete sample of all of our ethnic groups due to the time limitation. Anyway I will try to express the common and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Yangon/blog-27506.html The situation has changed very fast. Making a trip to Putaois much easier now. By just requesting a permission to travel to Putao area wont take longer than two weeks. After that you are free to travel to putao and its environs. Only when you wish to travel to Hkakaborazi area you need to work out a bit longer to get permission.There are choice of accommodations now. It ranges from the guest ho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Kachin/Putao/blog-24967.html