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Ma Chit Po
Thura Ma Chit Po ( my, သူရ မချစ်ပို; February 1908 – 8 April 1949) was a Burmese woman who was the one and only civilian woman to have received the Thura medal for bravery. She gathered intelligence on the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) on behalf of the Myanmar Military before she was caught and executed by the KNDO insurgents. Biography Chit Po was born in February 1908 in Tavoy (Dawei), Tenasserim Division. She married Corporal Hla Maung (a cook in No.1 Military Engineer Battalion), in Maymyo (Pyinoolwin) in 1947. Service In 1949, the Myanmar Military ( Tatmadaw) was fighting against the insurgent group called Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO). One of the issues the Tatmadaw had was a lack of access to intelligence. Chit Po, using a variety of disguises, which included a helmet, a cane for herding cows and a sleeping bag, entered the KNDO camp and reported back enemy artillery positions. Shortly afterwards, Chit Po was arre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabodwe
Tabodwe ( my, တပို့တွဲ) is the eleventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances *Full moon of Tabodwe **Harvest Festival () **Mon National Day Rakhine tug of war festival, Yatha Hswe Pwe. *Pagoda festivals **Alaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda Festival (Sagaing Region) **Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival (Minbu Township, Magwe Region) ** Kyaikkhauk Pagoda Festival (Thanlyin Township, Yangon Region) Tabodwe symbols *Flower: ''Butea monosperma'' References See also *Burmese calendar The Burmese calendar ( my, မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ်, , or , ; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years. The calendar i ... * Festivals of Burma {{Burmese months Months of the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
