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Capital City: Naypyidaw
Other Major Cities : Yangon and Mandalay

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Artifacts they produce are heavily influenced by Buddhism. According to Everyculture.org, there are many popular forms of art ranging from sculptures, tempera mural painting, carving, metal work, jewelry, ceramics, glassware, and lacquerware. Weaving is another traditional art form. The production of lun-taya acheik cloth is seen as the highest quality to the Burmese. There is also painting on paper made from tree bark or bamboo pulp. This traditional form of painting is known as parabaik. (Everyculture.org, 2022)

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Accordsing to Education Destination Asia, the Education System in Myanmar is stunted and in some ways in decline. Most students drop out of school beore 5th grade. This is due to the current regime scrutinizing the curriculum and outlawing English to be taught in the classrooms.  (Education Destination Asia, 2022)

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Everyculture.org talks about pwes which are performances that combine music, dance, and drama. These performances happen at fairs, religious festivals, weddings, funerals, and sporting events. A pwe are usually based on Buddhist legends epics, skits, singing, dancing, music, and even puppetry.  (Everyculure.org, 2022)

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The Burmese language enjoys a position as the official lingua franca of Myanmar and the first tongue of the vast majority of her citizens (CELT, 2021). Burmese is spoken by an estimated 32 million people worldwide, including roughly two-thirds of Myanmar’s population and minority populations in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, and the United States (CELT, 2021). Myanmar is also home to a number of minority languages. The most widely spoken of these minority languages are Shan and Karen, both of which are spoken by roughly 3 million indigenous speakers, while others such as Kachin, Chin, and Mon-Khmer occupy a much smaller share. Use of minority languages is, however, strongly and historically discouraged by Myanmar’s government in favor of Burmese (Lintner, 2003, p. 189).

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According to Everyculture.org, rice is a staple of Burmese diets and one of the traditional dishes being curry. Curries are traditionally made with fish, meat, prawns, or eggs. They are then seasoned with turmeric, chili, fermented fish or shrimp paste. (Everyculture.org, 2022)

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The majority of citizens in Myanmar practice Buddhism – roughly 87% - while smaller minority groups practice Christianity (6.2%), Islam (4.3%), Animism (0.8%), and Hinduism (0.5%), with religious group affiliation often closely coinciding with ethnic group identity (Cultural Atlas, 2022). Most Burmese Buddhists belong to the Theravāda or “Triple Gem" school, which in Burma also incorporates animistic nats – or spirits – that inhabit animals, plants, or objects, which are revered by the Burmese Buddhists through various shrines at holy sites (Cultural Atlas, 2022).

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According to Scaredsites.com, the ruins in Bagan are viewed as sacred and can be traced back to the 2nd century BC. Originally it consisted of thousands of Buddhist temples and pagodas. The remnants now consist of over 200 total. (Sacredsites.com, 2022)

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