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Sandayar Hla Htut
Sandayar Hla Htut ( my, စန္ဒရားလှထွတ်; 1936–2000) was a Burmese musician, composer, pianist, singer and writer. He won Best Music Award in 1994 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He also won Myanmar National Literature Award in 1995. Early life and education Hla Htut was born in 1936 on Wakema, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma to parents U San Htoo (Myanmar Htoo) and Daw Mya. He was youngest of seven siblings. When he was young, after the war, he attended middle school education at Myoma High School, Yangon from 1947 to 1951. He passed his matriculation examination while he was continuing his high school education at Government High School No. 1 from 1951 to 1957. He studied at Yangon University (Yankin College) and Mandalay University until the second year. At that time, he was a successful musician by the name Sandayar Hla Htut in Myanmar radio music world, the world of drama; school, college, university and art world. Career In 1960s, whi ...
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Wakema
Wakema is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Wakema Township in the Myaungmya District. It is home to the Government Technological Institute, Wakema (formerly the Government Technical Institute, Wakema). Wakema is also the hometown of Sayadaw U Pannya Vamsa, a notable Buddhist missionary. Notable residents * U Nu Nu ( my, ဦးနု; ; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as U Nu also known by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a leading Burmese statesman and nationalist politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Burma under the pro ... References Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region Township capitals of Myanmar {{Ayeyarwady-geo-stub ...
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Myoma Nyein
Myoma Nyein (; born Kyaw Nyein, 25 January 1909 – 15 September 1955) was a renowned Burmese musician and composer. He was a founder of '' Myoma Band'', the longest surviving music band in the modern Burmese history. Between 1935 and 1939, he recorded over 40 albums and composed a couple of Myanmar New Year (''Thingyan'') songs that became iconic, performed on Myoma's Silver Swan parade floats, which became a trademark of Thingyan celebration in Mandalay. Early life and education Nyein was born on 25 January 1909 in Mandalay, British Burma, son of U Nyi, a goldsmith, and mother Daw Chit Oo, a lacquerware merchant. He was educated at Central National School, Mandalay. At the age of ten, he learnt a Burmese classic titled "Jambu Kyun Lone" (Universal) from ''Deva Einda'' Maung Maung Gyi in a single day much to the surprise of the famous harpist. In 1925, he co-founded the Myoma (meaning 'City Proper') music band or Myoma Amateur Music Association with his teacher artist a ...
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Burmese Musicians
Burmese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia * Burmese people * Burmese language * Burmese alphabet * Burmese cuisine * Burmese culture Animals * Burmese cat * Burmese chicken * Burmese (horse), a horse given to Queen Elizabeth II * Burmese pony, a breed of horse * Burmese python See also * * :Burmese people * Bamar people, the majority ethnic group in Myanmar * Burmese English Myanmar English (also called Burmese English) is the register of the English language used in Myanmar (Burma), spoken as first or second language by an estimated 2.4 million people, about 5% of the population (1997). The English language was ini ..., the dialect of English spoken in Myanmar/Burma * Bernese (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII. * January 28 – Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Inci ...
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People From Ayeyarwady Region
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of p ...
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Burmese Composers
Burmese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia * Burmese people * Burmese language * Burmese alphabet * Burmese cuisine * Burmese culture Animals * Burmese cat * Burmese chicken * Burmese (horse), a horse given to Queen Elizabeth II * Burmese pony, a breed of horse * Burmese python See also * * :Burmese people * Bamar people, the majority ethnic group in Myanmar * Burmese English Myanmar English (also called Burmese English) is the register of the English language used in Myanmar (Burma), spoken as first or second language by an estimated 2.4 million people, about 5% of the population (1997). The English language was ini ..., the dialect of English spoken in Myanmar/Burma * Bernese (other) {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Sandayar Chit Swe
Sandayar Chit Swe ( my, စန္ဒရားချစ်ဆွေ; 1935–2005) was a Burmese singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his songs such as "Chit Arr Nge Ya Thu Mal", "Kha Yay Pin Aut Ka Padauk Chit Thu'", "Chit Thu Way Way Thwar Par Nae Lar", "Nge Chit Haung Nae Hnit Paung Myar Swar" and "Yay Lo Aye Tae Nway Lay Ta Nway". Biography Chit Swe was born on 5 June 1935 in Hinthada, Irrawaddy Division, British Burma to parents U Ba Hlaing, a pianist and Daw Kyin Sein. He was eldest of four siblings. At the night of Sandayar Chit Swe birth, his father (the band's leader) took film actor Ye Khaung Chit Swe's name and was named to Sandayar Chit Swe as 'Chit Swe' during ''Mya Khwar Nyo'' silent film by A1 Film was screening at the Sharf Cinema (later Tun Lin Cinema) in Hinthada. He learned to play the piano from his father. He learned to play piano in the silent film from Pianist Nyunt Hlaing and Sagaing Hla Shwe. Music teachers of Sandayar Chit Swe were ...
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Bogalay Tint Aung
Bogalay Tint Aung ( my, ဗိုလ်ကလေးတင့်အောင်; 3 June 1922 – 16 December 2021) was a Burmese composer, director and writer. The first recipient of the Myanmar Academy Award for lifetime achievement, Tint Aung was a patron of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation. Early life and education Tint Aung, the second of six siblings, was born on 3 June 1922 in Bogale, Pyapon District, Ayeyarwady Division to U Ba Thin and Daw Phwar Thein. His younger brother Maung Ko Ko is also a musician. When a labor strike broke out in Burma, in 1938, Tint Aung dropped out of school in the 8th grade and took part in the revolution. He joined the Burma Independence Army (BIA) in 1942, alongside Bo Aung Myint, Bo San Shar and Bo Than. Career Tint Aung made his career debut in 1948 as the author of the play ''Myat Mon Yadana''. He started his stage director career with the 1950 play ''Apyone Lethsaung'' (). His works include ''Thet Saing Thu Thoh'', ''New Year Chit ...
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Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar
''Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar'' ( my, တပြည်သူမရွှေထား) is a 1994 Burmese drama film, directed by Sin Yaw Mg Mg starring Kyaw Thu and May Than Nu. It was based on the popular novel "Ta Pyi Thu Ma Shwe Htar", written by Tekkatho Phone Naing. Cast *Kyaw Thu as Myat Swe *May Than Nu May Than Nu ( my, မေသန်းနု; born on 27 January 1961) is a Burmese film actress. She has won 5 Myanmar Academy Awards throughout her career. Biography May Than Nu was born Than Than Hsint (သန်းသန်းဆင့်) ... as Htar *Aung Pyae as U Chan Thar *Zin Min as Tin Lay * Wyne as Khin Maung Win *Cho Thet Zin as Htar Nge *Tin Htun as U Tin Latt *Nwet Nwet San as Daw Khin Lay *Yan Paing Soe as U Tin Lay *Kay Thwe Moe as Daw Khin Aye *May Kyi Thein as May May Gyi *Min Min as Moe Kya Shwe Ko Awards References 1994 films 1990s Burmese-language films Burmese drama films Films shot in Myanmar 1994 drama films {{Myanmar-film-stub ...
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Ayeyarwady Region
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bordered by Bago Region to the north, Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west. It is contiguous with the Rakhine State in the northwest. The region lies between approximately latitude 15° 40' and 18° 30' north and between longitude 94° 15' and 96° 15' east. It has an area of . The estimated 2022 population is more than 6.5 million. According to the 2014 Burmese National Census the population of the Ayeyarwady Region was 6,184,829, making it the second most populous of Burma's states and regions after Yangon Region. Ayeyarwady Region is flanked by the Rakhine Yoma (Arakan Mountains) range in the west. Large areas have been cleared for paddy cultivation, leading to its preeminent position ...
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