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Many Burmese Buddhists also use astrology (which is determined by the child's day of birth in the traditional eight-day calendar) to name their children. For instance, a Monday-born child may have a name beginning with the letter "k" (က). The following is a traditional chart that corresponds the day of birth with the first letter used in a ...
The Bamar possess a single personal name, and do not have family names or surnames. [65] Burmese names typically incorporate a mix of native and Pali words that symbolise positive virtues, with female names tending to signify beauty, flora, and family values, and male names connoting strength, bravery, and success. [65]
Pages in category "Burmese-language given names" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aung (name) H.
Girls dressed in ceremonial attire, ready to partake in the ear-boring rite, c. 1912. The Twelve Auspicious Rites (Burmese: လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ပါး, လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ခန်း, and လောကီမင်္ဂလာဆယ့်နှစ်ဖြာ) are a series of worldly rites of passage recognized ...
Day Significance Events Tagu (April) Thingyan: Mid-April Marks the beginning of the Burmese new year Gadaw (paying obeisance to elders), water games, observation of the Buddhist Sabbath , parades Kason (May) Bo tree watering festival Full moon of Kason Marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha Watering of the Bo tree
As Burmese names are often very short, honorifics are sometimes treated as an integral part of a person's name, for example, U Nu or U Thant. If a Burmese person's name consists of a single short word, or their name is most commonly written with the honorific, you may leave the honorific in the title. (This applies to ethnic honorifics as well ...
Burmese-language given names (6 P) S. Burmese-language surnames (12 P) Pages in category "Burmese names" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Yoke thé and puppet master. Yoke thé (Burmese: ရုပ်သေး; MLCTS: rupse:, IPA: [joʊʔ θé], literally "miniatures") is the Burmese name for marionette puppetry. . Although the term can be used for puppetry in general, its usage usually refers to the local form of string puppe