CULTURAL PROGRAM
Traditional Myanmar music is played without notes. The orchestra leader plays the drum circle, sitting cross-legged inside a circular frame hung with 21 small drums.
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Music
Traditional Myanmar music is played without notes. The orchestra leader plays the drum circle, sitting cross-legged inside a circular frame hung with 21 small drums. He tunes them by varying the amount of sticky rice and ash stuck in the middle of the ox-skin surface. He twists his torso to reach all his drums, which he strikes with his bare fingers. The gong circle is set beside it, in a smaller, lower frame. There can be 18 or 21 gongs, made of brass. more
Marionettes
Puppets played an important role in the royal courts by serving as messengers of the king, conveying information that might have had a live person killed on the spot. They were used to teach humans how to dance by copying the movements of a puppet manipulated by a master. In addition, they educated the people through morality tales and historical plays. They also carried news from the capital city to remote towns and villages, thus becoming a form of media. more
Dance
Myanmar choreography is a series of movements gracefully flowing from one step to the other with slight pauses in between, when the pose is rigidly held for a few seconds. The pace can be fast or slow according to the type of dance. more
Performing Art
Zat
Zat is the traditional Myanmar dance-drama led by a male dancer. Several brothers may be in the same troupe with the oldest being the leader and others with their own forte. more
Anyeint
Anyeint is a dance troupe led by female dancer.
The principal dancer appears last after three or four of her protégés have taken their turn with their own style of dancing and their own songs. The danseuse is usually accompanied by four comics dressed in jackets, large checked waist-garments and wraparound turbans.
Social Awareness
Visiting some festivals of the National Races around Upper Myanmar. more
