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Ah Moon
Ah Moon ( ; born Lung Sitt Ja Moon on 19 January 1991) is a singer from the Kachin State of Myanmar. She is a solo artist who was a member of the all-female pop music group the Me N Ma Girls, Burma's first all-girl pop band. Ah Moon's inclusion in the ‘30 Under 30 Asia' list by Forbes in 2018, whilst internationally she has been referred to as "Myanmar's Rihanna". Career Ah Moon was born with the Kachin name Lung Sitt Ja Moon in Myitkyina, Burma. She was first exposed to music in church where her father was a Baptist minister. Moon studied acting, singing, dance, languages, violin and piano. Ah Moon speaks five languages and graduated with a degree in Russian from the Yangon University of Foreign Language in 2012. Ah Moon began her career in modeling. In 2009, she won Best Talent in the Miss Christmas Pageant in Yangon, which led her to pursue singing. She also won the Miss Alliance Francaise Pageant, a beauty contest held by the French Embassy, in 2009. In 2010, Ah Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myitkyina, Kachin State
Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, just below from Myit-son (Burmese for confluence) of its two headstreams (the Mali and N'mai rivers). It is the northernmost river port and railway terminus in Myanmar. The city is served by Myitkyina Airport. History Myitkyina has been an important trading town between China and Myanmar since ancient times. American Baptist missionary George J. Geis and his wife arrived in Myitkyina in the late 1890s and in 1900 they requested permission to build a mansion in the town. The building was named Geis Memorial Church. It is one of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) churches in Myitkyina. Japanese forces captured the town and nearby airbase during World War II in 1942. In August 1944, Myitkyina was recaptured by the Allies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
