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The Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) is proud to sponsor and bring one of the most popular music bands, Plus Three Band, from Myanmar to the U.S. accompanied by very well-known famous singers J Maung Maung, Htun Aeindra Bo, and Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein. The group will arrive in Los Angeles on May 13,… Read More Now »
Directed by: Midi Z 2014 | 95 min. Countries: Myanmar, Taiwan Languages: Burmese, Mandarin CGV 2 621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005 Monday, May 5, 2014 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm ICE POISON, about an impoverished man, a troubled woman, and Burma’s dope trade is as distanced as it is beautiful as it… Read More Now »
7th Annual Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles -MFFLA 2014 September 13-14, 2014, Los Angeles – USA (Held every year) Thank you for your interest in submitting your film to the 2014 Myanmar Film Festival of Los Angeles. Filmmakers/Directors/Producers: Submissions are now open to this year’s Film Festival in the media capital of Hollywood! The… Read More Now »
Introduction: Mission ‘More Set’ is a library installation project focused on the under-privileged primary schools in Myanmar. The name, ‘More Set’ comes from the Myanmar language, meaning “blessing rain,” which refers to the end of Myanmar’s hottest season and the start of its rainy season. Each school year in Myanmar begins with the rainy… Read More Now »
The Padauk Blossoms At Thingyan
By: Harry Hpone Thant
Soon it will be Thingyan again. Most people know Thingyan as water festival time, the weather is unbearably very hot and dusty and everybody who ventures out onto the road is greeted with a bucket of water over his head or ambushed by jets of water from children lucking by. Actually, Thingyan is the Myanmar New Year and celebrated all over the country.
It is also the time for April showers to make the Padauk blossoms bloom and perfume the air with their delicate scent. The Padauk flower usually blooms at April when Myanmar celebrates their Newyear Water festival. Usually, yellow bright flower blooms all around Myanmar with very sweet smell and people’s offers to Buddha images and women also attached that yellow bright flower to their hair. Pterocarpus Macrocarpus (Burma Padauk Pan) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia in northeastern India, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) is proud to sponsor and bring one of the most popular music bands, Plus Three Band, from Myanmar to the U.S. accompanied by very well-known famous singers J Maung Maung, Htun Aeindra Bo, Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein, and Chan Chan. Over the years, Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein has… Read More Now »
APIASF Releases New Report on Burmese and Bhutanese Refugee Student Communities! The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) in collaboration with the Association for Asian American Studies today released a new report, Invisible Newcomers: Refugees from Burma/Myanmar and Bhutan in the United States, which gives voice to and provides comprehensive data about the… Read More Now »
Need help with an immigration problem? We can help! The Asian American Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (AAAJ-LA) and the Network of Myanmar American Association (NetMAA) are proud to offer FREE U.S Immigration Clinic regarding the green card application process, citizenship application assistance to the Myanmar community, and many other immigration issues. DATE: SUNDAY MARCH… Read More Now »
By: Harry Hpone Thant Tabodwe (January-February) is a cool month in Myanmar. A Myanmar saying goes “so cold as to freeze the tips of the buffalo’s horns”, that is how cold it gets in the central parts of the country in Pyatho(January) and Tabodwe(February). But it is also the time when the first harvest is… Read More Now »
OneBeat 2014: Applications open November 15 – January 15. Apply Now. OneBeat is an innovative music residency and cultural exchange program based in the U.S. We are now inviting adventurous young musicians (ages 19-35) from over 39 countries to apply to take part in the third annual OneBeat program this fall. OneBeat brings together an… Read More Now »