YANGON: Myanmar's traditional national sport, chinlone (caneball, known as sepak takraw in Malaysia), will be submitted for ...

The majority of people in Myanmar are Buddhists, and they are known for their tradition of charitable work. The traditional ...

Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to ...

YANGON, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's traditional national sport, Chinlone (caneball), will be submitted for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) intangible ...

If recognition is achieved, thanakha will become Myanmar's second intangible cultural heritage to be recognized by UNESCO, after its traditional water festival of Thingyan was added last December.

YANGON, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar held its first-ever performance competition of Thanakha -- a traditional yellowish-white ...