As a soldier in the Burma Defence Army, U San Hlaing endured prolonged hardships during World War II.
The feature film Kayan Beauties directed by Aung Ko Latt will compete in the ASEAN International Film Festival Awards (AIFFA) 2013, to be held in Kuchin, Sarawak, Malaysia from March 28 to 30.
An exhibition of 60 clay pots painted by 10 artists is being held at New Zero Art Space in Yangon from March 23 to 25.
The Myanmar Photographic Society’s 49th annual exhibition was held at Central Hotel from March 18 to 20, with more than 400 images on display and awards given in five categories.
The Myanmar Disabled Organisation is inviting disabled people from throughout Myanmar to participate in three-day arts and culture festival scheduled to be held in Yangon in October.
Poet Richard Rosen once wrote that “the poem is the point at which our strength gave out”. Such is undoubtedly the case for Dr Daw Myint Myint Khin, who on March 12 released a collection of her English-language poetry at a ceremony in Yangon.
The sixth fundraising fair for orphans organised by Win Htut Tara (Chan Chan), daughter of singer Zaw Win Htut, will be held at People’s Square on March 30, from 5pm to 9pm.
In 2010 artist Maung Khine Mar painted a portrait of a Shan vendor counting money while wearing a basket on her back. The painting was titled Alternate and was intended to highlight patterns of alternating light and shade.
Singer Phyu Thi has been making music for more than 30 years, but she has never performed in front of a live audience.
Traditional fabrics and fashions from Myanmar and Thailand were showcased at the “Textiles of the Two Lands” exhibition, held at Junction Square shopping centre in Yangon on March 9 and 10.
