A girl helps to put Thanakha, traditional make-up, on face as during performance competition show aiming to submit the traditional culture of Thanakha to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage of ...

YANGON: Myanmar's traditional national sport, chinlone (caneball, known as sepak takraw in Malaysia), will be submitted for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco ...

The National Costume awards were given to Brazil, Ecuador, and Honduras, while Thailand won the Country’s Power of the Year title. Despite the controversy, Thae clarified that she bore no ill will ...

If recognition is achieved, thanakha will become Myanmar's second intangible cultural heritage to be recognised by Unesco, after its traditional water festival of Thingyan was added last December.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use ...