The chairperson of Myanmar Thanakha Association, U Kyaw Moe said that the association is making plan Myanmar Thanakha to be list on UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in coming March. Myanmar Ancient Culture and Research Department and Myanmar Thanakha Association will cooperate to be list on UNESCO and are collecting the necessary data.
“We made necessary preparations on the workshop which was held on 20th January. We will report to UNESCO in coming March. Now, we prepare papers on Thanakha. We are making the collections of historical evidences, photos, scripts, and traditional cultural evidences” said U Kyaw Moe.
Kayah Tourism Committee is trying to become the village in which Lisu ethnic resides in the north-west of Loikaw, Kayah State as tourism attraction, said U Khin Maung Myint, one of the members of Kayah Tourism Committee.
It takes about 45 minutes by car from Loikaw to reach to this village and then, it will take about one hour on foot.The plan will be taken to become tourism attraction because it is not restricted area for the foreigners to visit there.
“There is no village-road and electricity and it is only Virgin Village. It is good for Trekking. And it is about 5000ft height. After climbing 5000ft height, the beautiful scenery of Inlay which is at the north-west can also be seen and also Phaekhone Township from the vantage point. And it is colder than Taungyi” said U Khin Maung Myint.
Translated by – SU WUNNA Written by – La Yaung Cho
Tour service which can visit Japan Beach to four islands in Kawthaung Township will be started as the first tour service, said Daw Nyein Thiri Tun, marketing manager from K&L Tours to Travelling Journal. The islands to be visited are Suengebarline Island (Japan Beach), Thandarnet Island, Lape Island, Kharhpyat Island and Hnge Island.
It is learnt that the tourists can visit four islands during one day and can enjoy the difference beauties and views of each island. Besides, the chance can also be got to enjoy the beauty of undersurface and snorkeling.
Package Service will be planned for 12 and includes ferry service from Kawthaung to Japan Beach by car, service for breakfast, lunch and snow tower. The charge for one customer is 172000 Kyats including the cost of snorkeling equipment and guide.
The only hotel in the old Mway Taw Kakku region with 2478 pagodas built by the King Siridahmarsawka. The Kakku region is the heart of the Pa-O people.
The hotel’s name “Hlaing Konn”(specifically, Golden Island Cottages – Hlaing Konn) having the meaning of “to be prosperous” was named by U Khan Hti, the leader of Pa-O national organization, for the future Kakku region. Located nearest to the Kakku Pagodas, the hotel is built on over 3 acres land and comprises 24 rooms.
The design and color of the hotel match with the region. Entering the hotel compound, it offers a breath of the past.
Two bungalow room types – 8 Couple Deluxe rooms and 16 Family Deluxe rooms are provided. A Couple Deluxe room is $ 95 per night for foreign guests and 95000 K for local guests and as for a Family Deluxe room, $ 85 for foreign guests and 85000 K for locals.
Not only breakfast but dinner — Pa-O traditional cuisine or European foods — is also served. Every room includes a shower, a bathtub and a toilet, each separately placed so it does not need to wait each other. Bathtub room has a structure that can give you a taste of bathing in a spring around rocks. Room accessories are predominantly black and white, which are the traditional colors of the Pa-O people.
Surrounding views from Couple Deluxe rooms are eye-catching and very suitable for those who would like to enjoy reading in quiet. As special services, the hotel serves guests to make offering foods to monks and to do meditation in the morning and bicycles will soon be provided for biking around the surrounding villages. Take a morning walk to pilgrimage the Kakku Pagodas, a short distance from the hotel.
Currently there are 30 stuff in the hotel and most of them are Pa-O people, with their sweet smiles. During your stay, you can explore and study the traditions and lives of the ethnic groups in villages nearby.
So, to study the lives of Pa-O people and to get a taste for tranquility pilgrimaging the historic Kakku pagodas, you can stay in Hlaing Konn hotel when you take a trip to the region.
Deputy Minister for Hotel and Tourism U Tin Latt said that it needs to provide traditional Myanmar massage service in the breeze under the shadow of Tamarind tree at Bangan and Meikhtilar.
On 12th January, deputy minister addressed this issue in the report on the implementation of regional tourism work committee in Yangon Region.
“The art of traditional Myanmar massage should be brought out because it has been for many years. Tourism Industry should be attracted with the traditional massage. For example, at Bagan and Meikhtilar, it should be provided traditional massage service while sitting on the bamboo-chair in the breeze under the shadow of Tamarind tree” he added. In Myanmar, the art of traditional massage has been since time immemorial and so measures are to be taken to develop the art of traditional massage. And he said, if this service is given in line with the style which can be seen inside, but not enclosed room, he will give permission to perform this service.
In the neighbouring country Thailand, Spa Tourism becomes a thriving business and earns a great deal of money.
Now, there are a lot of people who learn the art of Thai massage and Japanese traditional massage, but there is still rare to learn traditional Myanmar massage. So traditional Myanmar massage becomes disappeared, he said.
