The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture (, abbreviated MORAC) administers the religious affairs, cultural affairs and historical and archaeology research efforts of

Myanmar 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 C. Wells, Joh ...

(formerly Burma). The Department of Religious Affairs purification, perpetuation, promotion and propagation of the

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Buddhist Sasana and promotes Myanmar traditional customs and culture.

History

The Ministry of Culture was established on 16 March 1952 as the Ministry of Union Cultures, and later renamed the Ministry of Culture on 15 March 1972. The Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) came into being before the

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(now known as the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar 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 ...

) regained its Independence in 1947. On 2 March 1962, the

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government reorganised all ministries. The Ministry of Religious Affairs became a department of the Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs. On 18 September 1988. the

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(SLORC) formed the Department for the Promotion and Propagation of the Sasana, also under the Ministry of Home and Religious Affairs. On 20 March 1992. the ministries of Home Affairs and Religious Affairs were separated. A cabinet meeting on 26 June 1998 confirmed that the

International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University The International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University () is on the Dhammapãla Hill, Mayangon Township, in Yangon, Myanmar. It was inaugurated on 6th waxing moon of Nadaw, 1360 Burmese calendar, ME (9 December 1998). Inauguration The M ...

would be formed under MORA. MORA's motto was a

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phrase "''Buddha sāsanaṃ ciraṃ tiṭṭhatu''" (), which translates as "Long Live the Buddhist Sasana." On 1 April 2016, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Culture were combined to form the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, as part of a government downsizing.

Departments

*Union Minister Office *Department of Religious Affairs ** To ensure that all people living in the Union of Myanmar can freely believe in any religion and freely practice that religion. ** Since the great majority of the people are Buddhist, to purify, perpetuate and propagate the three kinds of Sasana of the Buddha namely, Pariyatti, Patipatti and Pativedha. ** To preserve and promote the traditional and cultural heritage of Myanmar. *Department for Promotion and Propagation of Sasana - Responsible for supporting missionary activity within Myanmar and abroad. It also undertakes translation of Pitakas and compilation of Buddhist Treatises ** State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon ** State Pariyatti Sasana University, Mandalay *

*Department of Archaeology and

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*Fine Arts Department *Department of Historical Research and

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National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon The National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon ( my, အမျိုးသားယဉ်ကျေးမှုနှင့် အနုပညာတက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) ) is a public university, located in Yangon, M ...

National University of Arts and Culture, Mandalay The National University of Art and Culture, Mandalay, (, ), located in Patheingyi, Mandalay, is one of two performing and visual arts universities in Myanmar. The university offers bachelor's degree programs in traditional Burmese performing an ...

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