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Myoza (royal Title)
''Myoza'' or ''Myosa'' () is a high-ranking royal title and position for Burmese royalty and nobility. Various types of ''myoza'' existed depending on the dynastic period. Some ''myozas'' possessed broad administrative powers, while others only wore a titular title and possessed the right to taxes in their territory, without political authority. History The monarch held the absolute power to control everything in his kingdom. Below the monarch's rank, queens, princes, princesses, relatives of the royal family, nobles, ministers, and court officials possessed the towns representing specific regions, thereby receiving the revenues from those towns or villages. Since the Pagan dynasty , Pagan period, every member of the royal family had received the title of ''myoza'', literally translated as "town-eaters" or "ruler of town/territory", which may be an equivalent of the title of ''Duke''. Each royal was honored with the possession of at least one territory by the King, and they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maung Hmo
Maung may be, *Maung people of Australia **Maung language Places *Batu Maung Vehicle *Pindad Maung People *Maung, an honorific in Burmese names#Honorifics, Burmese names *Maung Maung (other) *Cynthia Maung *Maung Khin *Kin Maung *Win Maung *Tin Maung *Nay Win Maung *Chit Maung *Kyi Maung *Bawa Maung *Saw Maung (painter) *Saw Maung *Maung Wunna *Shwe Maung *Thakin Chit Maung *Thant Sin Maung *Maung Sein Pe {{dab Burmese names Burmese-language surnames Surnames of Burmese origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Leaves
''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to '' Melaleuca alternifolia'', the source of tea tree oil, or the genus ''Leptospermum'' commonly called tea tree). White tea, yellow tea, green tea, oolong, dark tea (which includes pu-erh tea) and black tea are all harvested from two of the five varieties which form the main crops now grown, ''C. sinensis'' var. ''sinensis'' and ''C. s.'' var. ''assamica'', but are processed differently to attain varying levels of oxidation with black tea being the most oxidized and white being the least. Kukicha (twig tea) is also harvested from ''C. sinensis'', but uses twigs and stems rather than leaves. Description ''Camellia sinensis'' is native to East Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, but it is today cultivated all around the world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dukedoms
Dukedom may refer to: * The title and office of a duke * Duchy, a realm ruled by a duke or duchess * Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee Dukedom is an unincorporated community in both Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee, straddling the state line in the western part of both states. The location is ; The elevation is 487 feet above sea level. The community is n ..., United States * ''Dukedom'' (game), a land management game See also * Lists of dukedoms {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Phae Wah
Ma Phae Wah (, also spelt as Ma Phae War; ) is a Burmese ''nat'' (spirit). She is the guardian spirit of the graveyards and cemeteries in Myanmar. Ma Phae Wah makes her home in the cemetery, but come midnight she hoists a coffin onto her shoulder and shuffles through town with her long hair waving in the spectral breeze. Woe to the household where she stops and lays her casket on the doorstep, for someone in that family, usually a child will soon sicken and die. Legend During the reign of King Bagyidaw of Konbaung, Ma Phae Wah was said to be Ma Thae U, a native of Pyay. She had an older brother named Maung Kyan Sit. He served as a clerk to the Duke of Pyay. His title was Min Ye Dibba. Soon after her parents' death, she was living with her brother and had to rely on him. One day Maung Kyan Sit rebelled against the Duke of Pyay and fled along the Irrawaddy River. They arrived in a sparsely populated area with many lakes. They lived in obscurity and Ma Thae U changed her name to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tharrawaddy Min
Tharrawaddy Min (, ; 14 March 1787 – 17 November 1846) was the 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. He repudiated the Treaty of Yandabo and almost went to war with the British. Brief Tharrawaddy was born Maung Khin to Crown Prince Thado Minsaw (son of King Bodawpaya) and Princess Min Kye on 14 March 1787. When his elder brother Bagyidaw ascended the throne in 1819, Tharrawaddy was appointed Heir Apparent. As crown prince, he fought in the First Anglo-Burmese War. In February 1837, he raised the standard of rebellion after escaping to Shwebo, the ancestral place of the Konbaung kings. Tharrawaddy succeeded in overthrowing Bagyidaw who abdicated on 30 April 1837. Tharrawaddy ascended the throne on the same day.Konbaung Set Vol. 2 2004: 368 Princess Min Myat Shwe, a granddaughter of Hsinbyushin, whom he married in 1809, was crowned as his chief queen (''Nanmadaw Mibaya Hkaungyi''). In 1841, King Tharrawaddy donated a 42-ton bell called the Maha Tissada Gandha Bell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minbu
Minbu () is a city in Magwe Division, Myanmar. , the city has an urban population of 22,962. The area consists of low plain-land towards the Ayeyarwady River, and of undulating country inland rising higher and higher westwards towards the Arakan Mountains. Between the plain and the Arakan Yoma range is a distinct line of hills running north and south, and usually called the Nwa-Madaung hills. The chief streams besides the Ayeyarwady are the Mon, the Maw, and the Salin, which are largely used for irrigation. At Minbu the Ayeyarwady is wide, with many islands and sandbanks. There are considerable fisheries along the Ayeyarwady and on the Paunglin Lake, which is a lagoon fed from the Ayeyarwady. Oil has been discovered near the mud volcanoes of Minbu, but it seems to lie at too great a depth to be profitably worked. There is a large area of reserved forest near Minbu. The chief crops raised are rice, gram, millet, beans, peas, sesamum and tobacco. The betel-vine is largely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taungbyon
Taungbyon is a village in Madaya Township of Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is known as the site of the Taungbyone Festival, which is the largest and best-known '' nat'' festival in Myanmar. During most of the year, it is a small village, but during the festival a large temporary infrastructure pops up to accommodate the large crowds in attendance. Taungbyon was historically important under the Bagan kingdom, when it was part of a series of forts along the Irrawaddy river and may have been a royal domain. Name The older form of the name is Tonplon (တောင်ပြုံး), which means "eroded mound". Geography Taungbyon is located about 10 km north of Mandalay, on the east bank of the Shweta ''chaung'' (stream). History A dozen Bagan-era forts exist within 5 km of Taungbyon, including one at Taungbyon itself. These forts are all located east of the Irrawaddy river; another series of forts and canals exists on the west side. Based on the dense concentration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis of modern-day Burma (Myanmar).Harvey 1925: 34Htin Aung 1967: 38 Historically verifiable Burmese history begins with his accession to the Pagan throne in 1044.Coedès 1968: 133, 148–149, 155 Anawrahta unified the entire Irrawaddy valley for the first time in history, and placed peripheral regions such as the Shan States and Arakan (Rakhine) under Pagan's suzerainty. He successfully stopped the advance of the Khmer Empire into the Tenasserim coastline and into the Upper Menam valley, making Pagan one of the two great kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia. A strict disciplinarian, Anawrahta implemented a series of key social, religious and economic reforms that would have a lasting impact in Burmese history. His soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw
Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw (, ; ), also called Shwe Hpyin Nge (, ) or Min Lay (, ), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. He and his brother Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw are the subject of Myanmar's largest Nat festival- the six-day annual Taungbyone festival. Worshippers avoid consumption of pork, as Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw's father, Byatta, is believed to have been an Indian Muslim. Legend Together known as Shwe Hpyin Nyinaung (Brothers) or Taungbyon Min Nyinaung (Brother Lords of Taungbyon), he and his brother Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw were sons of Byatta, the royal messenger, and Me Wunna, a flower-eating ogress from Mount Popa, during the reign of King Anawrahta of Bagan. The Shwe Hpyin brothers served under Anwarahta as warriors and as agents infiltrating the enemy's inner circle. According to legend, they successfully infiltrated the Chinese King of Gandalaraj Utibua's bodyguards to draw three lines with white lime on the king's body and write the threatening message ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw
Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw ( ; ), also called Shwe Hpyin Gyi ( ) or Min Gyi ( ), is one of the 37 nats in the official pantheon of Burmese nats. He is the elder brother of Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and the son of Popa Medaw, another ''nat''. He and his brother Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw are the subject of Myanmar's largest Nat festival- the six-day annual Taungbyone festival. Worshippers of this ''nat'' avoid consumption of pork, as Shwe Hpyin Gyi's father, Byatta, is believed to have been an Indian Muslim. Legend The Shwe Hpyin Brothers served under King Anawrahta as warriors and as agents infiltrating the enemy's inner circle. According to legend, they successfully infiltrated the Chinese King of Gandalaraj Utibua's bodyguards to draw three lines with white lime on the king's body and write the threatening message on the wall, scaring the Chinese into peace and to send a tooth relic of the Buddha to Bagan. They were killed for neglecting their duty to provide a brick each thus leaving gaps in Taun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
