Kalaw,Ngapali & Khaung Cawi Ceremony

Kalaw - Shan State

Kalaw is formerly a British hill station town and now is more or less the frontier of the tribal rich Shan Plateau. Its cool climate is invigorating after the stifling heat of the central plains. It is two-hour drive away from Inle Lake and one-hour from Heho.

If one fancies overnight trekking for two to three days on Shan mountains, you can start the journey from Kalaw toward Inle Lake. This would provide with a nice mixture of hard and light trek with good sun and shade.

For the train lovers, taking a morning train from Shwe Nyaung, a small train-station-town near Inle Lake and getting off getting off at the old colonial station in Kalaw would be a nostalgic experience.

Photo is Kalaw Railway Station.

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Ngapali Beach 

 

This "Naples of the East" as it is known, is situated on the Rakhine coast. Ngapali is one of the most beautiful beaches in Myanmar. The beach stretch over 3 km with
blue sea, white sand and swaying palm trees. It is half an hour flight from Yangon. By car the journey takes, 14 hrs driving via Pyay. There is an 18-hole golf course and a variety of hotels from first class Bay View Hotel and Sandoway Beach Resort to standard Ngapali Beach and Silver Beach. For those who love the 5-S sea, sand, sun, swim and snorkelling.

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Khaung Cawi Cerem

ony-Honour to a Beloved Lady ♥

 

 

This ceremony is from Chin Hill, Chin State of Myanmar.

Here is a brief story of this ceremony.

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Once upon a time a Chin man named Mong Sawi was on the banks of the Boinu River when he saw a cluster of wild flowers bobbing in the waves and circling round a whirlpool. His sudden inspiration was to honour his wife in this way: a beautiful jungle flower, bobbing and swirling and borne on the currents of love that overflowed from his heart. And so was born the legend that tells about the origins of this Khaung Cawi Ceremony; a husband’s show of appreciation and love for his wife, a tradition that is still being observed to this day.

This tradition is so costly that only the wealthy can afford It. In the old days this feast lasts for 7 days and dozens of mithans ( a bovine with thick flesh) and buffaloes must be slaughtered to feed the guests. Also a mithan must be sent as a living invitation to each village, so one mithan counts as one invitation card.

This is one of the traditions of Chin which is one of the main ethnics of Myanmar.

Source and credit goes to enchanting Myanmar.

A.M.C-MM @ Asian Community