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Yayway Cemetery
Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained by the Yangon City Development Committee's environmental maintenance department. Yayway Cemetery also consists of various ethnic and religious cemeteries, including those of the Burmese Indians, Sino-Burmese (Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Yunnanese), Karen, Japanese, Baháʼís, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Parsis, and Jews. History In the mid-1990s, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the ruling junta, forcibly closed down and relocated historic cemeteries lying near the city center of Yangon. One of the biggest was Kyandaw Cemetery (in Kamayut Township), which was relocated to suburbs in 1996 to 1997, and redeveloped as the Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum. Descendants of the interred were given one month's notice to move th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Okkalapa Township
North Okkalapa Township ( my, မြောက်ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Hlegu Township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Dagon Township in the east, Mingaladon Township and Mayangon Township in the west, and Kamayut Township, and Mayangon township and South Okkalapa Township in the south. North Okkalapa was one of the satellite towns established in 1959. Today, it is a firmly established part of the city, albeit with ''nominal'' access to the city's electricity grid and sewer system. It is located in the 5 to 30 minute drive zone to Yangon International Air Port, the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar, located in Mingaladon Township. For those who loves local trips, Aung Mingalar High Way Bus Station is located within 30 min drive zone from the township. Education The township has 30 government primary schools, seven middle schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jews
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of historical History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, "Historically, the religious and ethnic dimensions of Jewish identity have been closely interwoven. In fact, so closely bound are they, that the traditional Jewish lexicon hardly distinguishes between the two concepts. Jewish religious practice, by definition, was observed exclusively by the Jewish people, and notions of Jewish peoplehood, nation, and community were suffused with faith in the Jewish God, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohn Myint
Thakin Ohn Myint ( my, သခင် အုန်းမြင့်) was a notable Burmese journalist, best known for his political involvement in British Burma. In 1933, he joined the Dobama Asiayone, an indigenous anti-colonial organization where he earned the honorific "Thakin," (lit. "master"), which was used in protest of British colonialism (since it was customary practice to address the British as "Thakin"). After passing the matriculation exam in 1934, he went on to the Rangoon Medical College (now UM-1 Yangon). However, he dropped out and pursued journalism instead. Throughout his journalism career, he wrote for the ''Kyipwayay'' ("Growth") magazine, and the ''Totetyay'' ("Progress"), the ''Journal Kyaw'' (along with Chit Maung), and the ''New Light of Burma'' newspapers. In 1958, soon after Ne Win first declared emergency martial law, he was imprisoned in the Coco Islands for two years, under the Public Order Protection Act, for his leftist political activism. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paragu
Paragu ( my, ပါရဂူ; ; 10 November 1921 – 9 April 2011) was a Burmese writer. He was a multilingual writer in Burmese, Japanese, Hindi and Pali and published 100 books until he died. He built and owned a library, the Paragu Shantiniketan Library, in Yangon. He was buried at the Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained ... in Yangon. References * ပြန်ကြားရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူ့ ဆက်ဆံရေး ဦးစီး ဌာန (ရုံးချုပ်) စာတည်း အဖွဲ့က စုဆောင်း ပြုစုတဲ့ 'နှစ်ဆယ် ရာစု မြန်မာ စာရေး ဆရာ များနှင့် စာစု စာရင်း' စာအုပ် (ပည ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ni Ko Ye
Ni Ko Ye ( my, နီကိုရဲ), born Ye Win, was a prominent Burmese writer. He published more than 30 objects and wrote more than 100 film, video, radio script. His career began in 1998. Biography ''Ye Win'' born on November 2, 1966 in Yangon, Myanmar. In 1993, he graduated from Yangon University with a degree in botany. After graduating, his first novel, ''Ma Kyi Pyar and Her Negative Love'' was released in February 1998. The book was made into a successful film as ''Sky Blue Negative and Me'', starring Lwin Moe and Htun Eindra Bo. He married Ma Naing Naing Win in 1999. ''Ngar doht Sarpay''( my, ငါတို့စာေပ) republished his first novel, ''Ma Kyi Pyar and Her Negative Love'', a second time in November 2015. He gained success as a director, script with his original movie, ''Thit Khat Ngar'' ( my, သစ်ခက်ငါး ), starting Dwe and Htet Htet Moe Oo Htet Htet Moe Oo ( my, ထက်ထက်မိုးဦး; born Hmone Shwe Yi on 8 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat Nwe
Hla Myint, better known by his pseudonym Nat Nwe ( my, နတ်နွယ်), was a prominent Burmese writer, best known as the founder of ''Nwe Ni'', a foreign affairs magazine. He began his career in 1950, after publishing a poem titled "Schoolgirl" () in the ''Hanthawaddy'' newspaper. Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 100 novels and translated 20 from other languages into Burmese. He died of natural causes at his home on 11 May 2011 and was cremated at Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained ... on 13 May. References {{Authority control Burmese writers Burmese male poets People from Myitkyina 1933 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Burmese poets 20th-century male writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Min Theinkha
Min Theinkha ( my, မင်းသိင်္ခ, born Aye Nyunt; 25 June 1939 – 1 August 2008) was a prominent Burmese writer, astrologer and political prisoner. He began his literary career in 1976, adopting the pseudonym Min Theinkha, and wrote hundreds of novels and short stories throughout his career, including notable works such as ''Manusari'', ''Ponna Ba Kun'' and ''Sanay Maung Maung''. He is best known for a series of detective novels set in Colonial Burma, featuring the hero Sarpalin Hnin Maung. He was also a well-known astrologer and later taught astrology from his compound in Yangon Region's Hmawbi Township. Early life Min Theinkha was born Aye Nyunt on 25 June 1939 in Kyaukmyaung, now part of Yangon's Tamwe Township, as the eldest of six children in a destitute family. His father painted signboards. He adopted the name Aung Htun when he began to attend school. At the age of 15, he began writing short novels, using the pen name Aung Soe. Death He died on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nay Win Maung
Nay Win Maung ( my, နေဝင်းမောင်; June 30, 1962 – January 1, 2012) was a Burmese physician, businessman and pro-democracy activist. Life and career Maung advocated a conciliatory approach toward Myanmar's ruling military junta, which seized power in 1988. Maung argued that Burma could be moved towards democratization by working directly with the country's generals, rather than confronting them. Maung sometimes took political positions which proved controversial among Burma's opposition leaders, who often viewed his ties to the military government with suspicion. He stated that Aung San Suu Kyi should accept a new constitution written by the military as a token of goodwill. He believed that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) should only contest half the parliamentary seats in the 2010 general election, arguing that a landslide win for the NLD would scare the Burmese rulers into holding onto power. However, Maung heavily criticized t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Htee Saing
Sai Htee Saing ( my, စိုင်းထီးဆိုင် ; 23 September 1950 – 10 March 2008; born Sai Tin U) was a distinguished Burmese singer and songwriter of Shan descent, which featured prominently throughout his music career. Throughout his career, he recorded two to three Shan language albums and 30 to 40 Burmese language albums. He was especially known for composing country music. Vital composer of Sai Htee Saing's songs is Sai Kham Leik. Sai Htee Saing was born in Langkho, Shan State to Nang Ein and U Nanda. He studied at Mandalay University, where he became one of the founding members of The Wild Ones, an ethnic Shan band, in 1973. Sai Htee Saing began his music career in 1969, when he aired a Shan language song on the Burma Broadcasting Service. The Wild Ones achieved major success in Burma throughout the 1970s and 1980s, known for composing their own songs in the Burmese language. Sai Htee Saing was also prominent in the Shan literature movement to prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burmese Chinese
Chinese Burmese, also Sino-Burmese or Tayoke, are a Burmese citizens of full or partial Chinese ancestry. They are group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Myanmar (Burma). As of 2012, the Burmese Chinese population is estimated to be as high as 3 per cent of the country's population. Burmese Chinese are a well established middle class ethnic group and are well represented in all upper levels of Burmese society. Burmese Chinese also play a leading role in Burma's business sector and dominate the Burmese economy. In addition, Burmese Chinese have a strong presence in Burma's political scene with several people such as San Yu, Khin Nyunt, and Ne Win having been major political figures. Etymology In the Burmese language, the Chinese are called ''Tayoke'' (, ''tarut'', ) and formerly spelt (''tarup''). The earliest evidence of this term dates to the Bagan Era, in the 13th century, during which it referred to the territory and a variety of peoples to the north and northeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Mile Cemetery
Nine Mile Cemetery ( my, ကိုးမိုင်သင်္ချိုင်း) was an ethnic Chinese cemetery located in Yangon, Myanmar. In 1996, the Burmese government announced that the cemetery would be demolished and that remains were to be relocated to Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery ( my, ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained .... The interred remains from these cemetery relocation projects were reburied at Yayway Cemetery, located on the outskirts of the city. The Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple on Mindhamma Hill was built near the site of the former cemetery. References Cemeteries in Myanmar Former cemeteries {{cemetery-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum
The Drug Elimination Museum ( my, မူးယစ်ဆေးဝါးပပျောက်ရေး အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပြတိုက်) is a museum in Yangon, Myanmar. It opened with ceremony on June 26, 2001. It is located at the corner of Kyandaw Road and Hanthawady Road in Kamayut Township, Yangon, Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ..., on the former site of the city's largest cemetery, Kyandaw Cemetery. It is dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and illicit trafficking. The museum has three floors which contain exhibits on drug abuse and government efforts to contain the problem. The highlights of the museum include the eccentric dioramas, the random exhibits that demand interpretation, and the macabre displays depicting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
