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The astrologer's prediction comes true and the man's son is born: a black crow that can shapeshift. The man, in return, has promised to look after the astrologer, but, since a crow was born to him, he failed to keep his promise. Thus, the jealous astrologer gives another prophecy: the crow son will bring them misfortune. Following the ...
Nonetheless, the chronicles accept that he was a legal son of Anawrahta per Burmese customary law, which says a child born in wedlock is presumed to have been begotten by the husband. [4] At any rate, a stone inscription at the Hledauk Pagoda in Taungbyon says that it was donated by Kyansittha, son of Anawrahta.
Khun Sa (Burmese: ခွန်ဆာ, pronounced [kʰʊ̀ɰ̃ sʰà]; 17 February 1934 – 26 October 2007) was an ethnic Han drug lord and warlord.He was born in Hpa Hpeung village, in the Loi Maw ward of Mongyai, Northern Shan State, Burma. [1]
Inter-ethnic marriage in Southeast Asia dates back to the spread of Indian culture, Hinduism and Buddhism to the region. From the 1st century onwards, mostly male traders and merchants from the Indian subcontinent frequently intermarried with the local female populations in Cambodia, Burma, Champa, Central Siam, the Malay Peninsula, and Malay Archipelago.
Anawrahta's life stories and legends remain a popular subject of Burmese folklore. The love triangle involving Anawrahta, Kyansittha and Manisanda as well as the sad story of Saw Mon Hla, one of his queens, are a staple of Burmese theater. Due to his reputation as a stern father figure, he is not the central character in these stories where the ...
Burmese short story collections (2 P) This page was last edited on 26 August 2021, at 10:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Images of My Life (2002) (Collections of her articles about her life, republished by her son) Ma Ma Lay won two top Burmese Literary Prizes for "Not Out of Hate" and "A Slow Stream of Thoughts and Burmese Medicine Tales". Like Him was about her husband Chit Maung, and their married lives. Contemporary writer Dagon Taya wrote, “The success of ...
Usha Narayanan, born Tint Tint (Burmese: တင့်တင့်; 1922 — 24 January 2008), was the First Lady of India from 1997 to 2002. She was married to K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India. Usha Narayanan was India's second foreign-born first lady (also second foreign-born second lady) after Janaki Venkataraman. She played a ...