The ancestors of the people living in the Jeyawadi area came from Bihar in the late 1880s. The Jeyawadi region is 215 ...

Al Jazeera visits liberated area in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for fighters.

But some have worked with the generals, sharing with them a belief that both Buddhism and Burmese culture need defending from outside influences. Following violent clashes between local Buddhists ...

Myanmar/Burmese musicians’ use of foreign instruments in ... Asia Society’s purpose is to navigate shared futures for Asia and the world across policy, arts and culture, education, sustainability, ...

Within this large ensemble context each area of culture developed its own style and form, adapting the music and dance to local tastes and incorporating increasingly large numbers of new works and ...