Myanmar @ Burma part 1

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So hows your day awesome people? Hope all of you are having a good day and ready to read another entry from this Three Musketeers' blog. ;)

Okay, today we are going to share on Myanmar's story. Want to know more? Keep on reading guys *wink*.

History of Myanmar

Myanmar has a long and complex history. Many peoples have lived in the region and the history began. The first identifiable civilization is that of the Mon. The Mon probably began migrating into the area in about 300 BC, and their first kingdom Suwarnabhumi, was founded around the port of Thaton in about 300 BC. The Pyu arrived in Myanmar in the 7th century and established city kingdoms at Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, and Halingyi. During this period, Myanmar was part of an overland trade route from China to India. By 849, the Burmans had founded a powerful kingdom centered on the city of Bagan and filled the void left by the Pyu. The kingdom grew in relative isolation until the reign of Anawrahta (1044 - 77) who successfully unified all of Myanmar by defeating the Mon city of Thaton in 1057.


After the collapse of Bagan authority, Myanmar was divided once again. The Burmans had re-established themselves at the city of Ava by 1364, where Bagan culture was revived and a great age of Burmese literature ensued. The kingdom lacked easily defendable borders, however, and was overrun by the Shan in 1527. Surviors of the destruction of Inwa eventually established a new kingdom centered on Taungoo in 1531 led by Tabinshwehti (reigned 1531-50), who once again unified most of Myanmar. A popular Burmese leader named Alaungpaya drove the Bago forces out of northern Myanmar by 1753, and by 1759 he had once again conquered Pegu and southern Myanmar while also regaining control of Manipur. He established his capital at Rangoon, now known as Yangon.

Myanmar was known to the West ever since western explorers had heard of it. Marko Polo was the earliest known westerner who discovered Myanmar and introduced to the West. (credits to http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-history/)
Some facts on Myanmar

Official name: Pyihtaungsu Thamada Myanmar Naingngandaw (Republic of the Union of Myanmar)
Form of government: Constitutional republic with two legislative houses (House of Nationalities [2243]; House of Representatives [4403])
Head of state and government: President: Htin Kyaw, assisted by Vice Presidents: Myint Swe and Henry Van Thio
Capital: Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyidaw)
Official language: Myanmar (Burmese)
Official religion: None
Monetary unit: Myanmar kyat (K)
Population: (2015 est.) 52,280,000
Total area (sq mi): 261,228
Total area (sq km): 676,577
Urban-rural population Urban: (2011) 32.6%
Rural: (2011) 67.4%
Life expectancy at birth: Male: (2012) 62.9 years
Female: (2012) 67.7 years
Literacy: (percentage of population age 15 and over literate) Male: (2008) 94.7%
Female: (2008) 91.9%
GNI per capita (U.S.$): (2009) 380
(taken from http://global.britannica.com/place/Myanmar#toc52565)

The Map of Myanmar

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Get to know others.

Assalamualaikum people. hyeee.. :) We're sorry for the late of posting information on this blog. busy girls, you know.. hehe :P so before we start on posting about what we need to share with u guys, let us see these flags first.

any of u know about this flag? yes? no? who mentioned Saudi? YES!! this is Saudi Arabia's flag. so clever ;) hikss
Description on Saudi's flag :
The flag of Saudi Arabia was officially adopted in 1973.
Saudi Arabia's flag uses green to honor the country's puritanical Muslim Wahabi sect, and also because green is widely believed to be the prophet Muhammad's favorite color. The white, centered script, the shahada, is the Muslim Statement of Faith, "There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God". The sword represents Abd-al-Aziz.

(taken from http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/countrys/mideast/saudiarb.htm )
We have three topics which are Saudi Arabia country as out main topic, Myanmar as topic under race and the third is Baba Nyonya ethnic. So now we know about the flag of Saudi Arabia country. Let us see the second flag.

Any idea which flag is this? this flag belongs to Myanmar or also known as Burma.

Myanmar Flag - Introduction Myanmar flag has three equal horizontal stripes of yellow (top), green, and red; centered on the green band is a large white five-pointed star that partially overlaps onto the adjacent colored stripes; the design revives the triband colors used by Burma from 1943-45, during the Japanese occupation.

The history on this flag: Republic of the Union of Myanmar officially unveiled the current flag at 3pm on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag in use since 1974. (The old flag, introduced by the socialist government of Ne Win in 1974, has a red field with a blue rectangle in the left corner bearing a cog wheel and a rice plant encircled by 14 stars representing the country's seven regions and seven states).

The old flags were lowered by government officials who were born on a Tuesday, while the new flags were raised by officials born on a Wednesday. The date and peculiar timing suggested the influence numerology. The date was 21 -- 2 plus 1 equals 3 -- the time was 3:00 and the year was 2010, whose digits add up to three. Added together they equal nine, an auspicious number in Myanmar. (In the 1980s, the nation had bank notes in denominations of 45 and 90 kyats, because each of those two numbers add up to nine!) The new flag was introduced as part of the changes to national symbols that were laid out in the 2008 Constitution pushed by the military junta.

(taken from http://myanmarflag.facts.co/myanmarflagof/myanmarflag.php )


Long history aitee :)
So next let us see the next topic which is about Baba Nyonya community or known as 'Peranakans'. But for this third topic wont have any specific flag, as they are one of the race that may stay in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, specifically in Melaka and Penang.

(the photo of Baba Nyonya woman)

So that's all for all guys. See u in our next post. bubyee... :)