Thar Nge (; born Zaw Win Htun on 23 March 1992) is a Burmese singer of ethnic Rakhine descent. He gained national attention for winning the second season of ''

Myanmar Idol ''Myanmar Idol'' is a popular Myanmar singing contest television series that is broadcast on MNTV. Its first season, in 2015, was described by ''The Myanmar Times'' as a "wild success". Due to its popularity, it has been extended for a fifth seas ...

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/ref> Thar Nge released his debut album Lan Ka Lay on 2 February 2018.

Early life

Thar Nge was born on 23 March 1992 in

Manaung Manaung () is a town in Rakhine State, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest c ...

Rakhine State Rakhine State ( ; , ; ), formerly known as Arakan State, is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Re ...

, and is an ethnic Rakhine from Rakhine State. Thar Nge and his wife live in

Pyin Oo Lwin Pyin Oo Lwin or Pyin U Lwin (, ; Shan: , ''Weng Pang U''), formerly and colloquially referred to as Maymyo (), is a scenic hill town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, some east of Mandalay, and at an elevation of . The town was estimated to have ...

and worked as a fritter hawker for his living before he competed in

. Auntymay Tea
ဇနီးသည်နဲ့အတူ ပျော်ပျော်ကြီး အကြော်ကြော်နေတဲ့ သားငယ်
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Career

2017: Competing in Myanmar Idol and rising popularity

Thar Nge started out on his music career in participated as a contestant in

, a televised singing competition. In the

final, he competed with Billy La Min Aye with three songs. With the voting results of the whole country, he became the winner of the Season 2 of Myanmar Idol. Since winning in Myanmar Idol, he engaged in shooting commercial advertisements, stage performances, and many concerts at various locations throughout Myanmar.

2018–present: Solo debut and activities

Thar Nge started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute a solo album. He launched his debut solo album ''Lan Galay'' (လမ်းကလေး) on 2 February 2018.

Political activities

Following the

2021 Myanmar coup d'état A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when Elections in Myanmar, democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's milita ...

, Thar Nge was active in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. On 5 April 2021, warrants for his arrest were issued under section 505 (a) of the penal code by the

State Administration Council The State Administration Council (; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, February 2021 c ...

for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, he was charged with calling for participation in the

Civil Disobedience Movement Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". ...

(CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the

Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (; abbreviated CRPH) is a Burmese legislative body in exile, representing a group of National League for Democracy lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. T ...

, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Lan Ka Lay'' () (2018)

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1992 births 21st-century Burmese male singers Burmese singer-songwriters Burmese Theravada Buddhists Rakhine people People from Rakhine State Myanmar Idol winners Living people Participants in Burmese reality television series