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  2. Myanmar architecture - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), in Southeast Asia, ... Wood carving in Myanmar is a traditional art which has survived for centuries. Due to ...

  3. Art of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Culture of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    In addition to the traditional arts are silk weaving, pottery, tapestry making, gemstone engraving, and gold leaf making. Temple architecture is typically of brick and stucco, and pagodas are often covered with layers of gold leaf while monasteries tend to be built of wood (although monasteries in cities are more likely to be built of modern ...

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. National Museum of Myanmar (Naypyidaw) - Wikipedia

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    This exhibition room displays Myanmar dramatic art, a Myanmar traditional orchestra and a miniature theatre stage according to tradition. Myanmar traditional musical instruments, and various musical instruments of Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bama, Mon, Rakhine and Shan national ethnic groups are also displayed. Puppeteers and marionettes

  7. Colonial architecture of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    The ministers building was built in a period from 1889 between 1905. It was originally used for administrative services for British-Burma. It became a hub for Colonial- bureaucracy. It covers a vast 400,000 square feet of building area and is an icon of Myanmar's colonial-era architecture.

  8. Mandalay Palace - Wikipedia

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    The plan of Mandalay Palace largely follows the traditional Burmese palace design; it is inside a walled fort surrounded by a moat. The palace itself is at the centre of the citadel and faces east. All buildings of the palace are of one storey in height. The number of spires above a building indicated the importance of the area below. [1]

  9. National Museum of Myanmar (Yangon) - Wikipedia

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    In the Hall of Performing Arts, there are many musical instruments and an ornate saingwaing (traditional Burmese orchestra), as well as Burmese marionettes used in classical dramas and operas. The Hall of Ethnic Culture on the fourth floor shows national dresses and traditional artifacts of various ethnic groups of Myanmar.