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Trade with India during the Pyu period brought deep cultural contacts heavily influencing many aspects of visual culture in Myanmar. However, scholarship and archaeology on Pyu, Mon and Dvaravati art in neighbouring Thailand were biased by colonial attitudes in the 20th century, placing a greater emphaisis on comparisons to well-documented Gupta art.
The Hall of Ethnic Culture on the fourth floor shows national dresses and traditional artifacts of various ethnic groups of Myanmar. The fifth floor of the museum consists of halls for the Buddha Images, dating back to the Pyu Period and up to the present day. Items used for food for monks Burmese marionettes (Yoke thé)
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also called Burma, ratified the convention on 29 April 1994. [3] As of 2022, Myanmar has two sites on the list: Pyu Ancient Cities were listed in 2014 and Bagan in 2019. [3] Both sites are cultural. In addition, Myanmar has 15 sites on its tentative list. [3]
Besides the older National Museum of Myanmar in Yangon, it is the second of the two national museums for Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar. [ 1 ] The construction of the museum was started on 3 June 2010, and the museum was opened on 15 July 2015. [ 2 ]
The culture of Myanmar (Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှု; MLCTS: /mianma yinykye:hmu/) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism.Owing to its history, Burmese culture has significant influence over neighboring countries such as Laos, Siam, Assam and Xishuangbanna regions in China.
Bagan Archaeological Museum is located in Bagan, Myanmar. It was established in 1904, [1] near the Ananda Temple and was reconstructed in 1938. In the Second World War, the artifacts were buried in the earth to avoid destruction. In 1952, when Myanmar became independent, the Ministry of Culture started managing the museum.
Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar. Stargardt, Janice (1995). "The Four Oldest Surviving Pali Texts: the Results of the Cambridge Symposium on the Golden Pali Text of Sri Ksetra (Burma), April 1995". Journal of the Pali Text Society XXI: 199–213. Tin, Pe Maung; Luce, Gordon H. (1923). The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma ...
Myanmar Motion Picture Museum. This is a list of museums in Myanmar (also known as Burma). For museums in Yangon, see List of museums in Yangon. Chin State Cultural Museum; Kachin State Cultural Museum; Kayah State Cultural Museum; Kayin State Cultural Museum; Mandalay Cultural Museum; Mon State Cultural Museum; Museum of Shan Sawbwa; National ...