A. Government Myanmar who refers itself as “The Union of Myanmar” is a symbolic representation of not just the head of state of the country but the whole nation itself. The country is now divided into seven regions (Sagaing Region, Taninthayi Region, Bago Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Yangon Region and Ayeyawady Region) that is inhabited by Burmans, seven states (Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Chin State, Mon State, Rakhine State and the Shat State) occupied by the ethnic minority dominant and the Union territories that is under the direct administration of the head of state. In line with this, struggles related with the preservation, recognition, and security of their identity, the proliferation of drug abuse and human trafficking have resulted …show more content…
Myanmar consists of a lot of ethnic groups all around the population, in order to communicate with different set of ethnic tribes; much of their interaction consists of hierarchy—A system in which people are classified by their family relationship, age, professional functions (teacher, monk, etc.) Although other minorities of religion in Myanmar have entered the country, Buddhism is followed by many of the non-Burmese ethnic groups. In Theravada Buddhism, it is said to be that, up to each individual to seek salvation and attain nirvana. The Burmese have many rituals and times of celebrations. One of the biggest celebrations is the Thingyan water festival. This marks the advent of the New Year in mid April. During this festival people cast water on each other, dance, sing and put on theatrical performances. Another festival is called Kason. This celebration is for the birth, enlightenment and entrance to nirvana of Buddha. This gathering has a ceremonial watering of Banyan trees to commemorate the time that Buddha attained enlightenment (under a Banyan
What is Iu-Mein? Not many people have heard of the ethnicity Iu-Mein. It is a dialect from Laos. One of the traditions that Iu-Mein's have are ceremonies. Ceremonies are done with the sacrificing of a pig or chicken. Certain people may call it weird, and animal rights folks would call it animal cruelty, but in our culture, it is for healing and to pay our respects to our ancestors.
Vietnamese festival for celebrating the lunar New Year. On the first day of the festival,
The lack of nationalism also proved to be a conflict for the people of Burma or Myanmar. The militaristic government’s philosophy of ruling isolated left people to live in absolute poverty and is a major human rights concern.
Overtime many significant events have shaped history, from natural disasters, wars and the never ending feud of politics they have all played a significant role in history. But there is one that has had the most influential effect of all, religion. Throughout time there has been an abundance of different religions and practices formed over the years, from Christianity to Judaism, each of them having their own impacts on culture and society, one of the major religions that formed was Buddhism. Today we will discuss how Buddhism was founded, the practices of it, and how it has changed as it has entered a new area and interacted with a new people.
However, this is where one major difference regarding Buddhism and Christianity is, it is their overall way to conduct ritual practices. Buddhism uses a variety of rituals and practices in order to aid their parishioners on the path to enlightenment while helping others along the way. They do this through practice of mediation, bowling, chanting, lighting incense at various celebrations and holy days, and they also use altar offerings as worshippers come to temples to pay homage. On the other hand, Christianity practices vary due to different denominations but there are various common elements used such as Sunday masses, private and group prayer, reading of Scriptures and religious
The article is about the Lewis Model which explains every culture in the word. After Lewis travel around the word, he thought that he could qualify to plot the world's cultures on a chart. He supported that people’s behaviors can be foresee via learning their culture. He plots countries in relation to three categories: Linear-actives, Multi-actives and Reactives. He drew a triangle chart to show the relationship between countries and three categories.
Myanmar (Burma) is located west of China and bordered by the Bay of Bengal. The main culture living there is the Burmese. The Burmese are considered Buddhist until later on when some became Christians. This first created an issue was in 1962 when the military did not think it was right for any religion, except for Buddhist, to be in Burma (World Without Genocide 1). The government was soon informed about it but didn’t do anything to stop it. They actually encouraged it. Instead of kicking people out or getting them to move, the military would kill of non-Buddhist citizens (World Without Genocide 1). This is considered a religious genocide because the victims are people of a certain religion. The two main groups that are targeted right now are the Karen and non-Buddhist Burmese. Instead of forcing people out, the Burmese military would destroy homes, villages, and burn people alive (Rally against Genocide of Muslims in Myanmar 1). Obviously not many other places think that this is okay. The United States and the European Union were two groups who tried to help stop the conflict. Both of them stopped giving supplies and weapons for the military to use (Shelton 1). However, this still did not stop the military from attacking innocent citizens. Many would guess that the military did not ...
Buddhism is currently the fourth most popular religion in our society today, following Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Its major ideologies are based on the philosophies of Siddhartha Guatama, also known as “Buddha”, who began his teachings in 598 BCE at the age of 35, according to Buddhist texts. A Buddhist’s foremost aspiration is the obtainment of Bodhi, or enlightenment through meditation and Anapana-sati (awareness of the breath). Buddhism shares many ideologies with India’s Hinduism and Yoga such as non-harming, non-violence, and self-awareness. In many instances, people regard Buddhism as a way of life rather than a religion, for it has no clear belief in the idea of a God or Gods. Its structure is built upon a hierarchy much like Christianity where superior orders such as Lamas or the Dalai Lama are said to be chosen by nature through the process of reincarnation rather than by a council like Christianity’s Pope. Though these “higher level” Buddhists are rare (not everyone is a reincarnation of an ancient Buddhist “priest”), all are permitted to follow “The Middle Way” either as a Buddhist monk or the simple attendance of a weekly teaching session from time to time. Throughout the last few hundred years the Buddhist population has blossomed into a healthy 381,611,000 and over fifteen different sects including Zen, Mahayana, and Theravada.
who is haunted by war-time in Burma and seeks to have Buddhist ritual performed for the soul
Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and de-facto leader of Myanmar’s civilian government, has long been hailed as a protector of human rights in her native country. It has thus, been incredibly surprising to witness her reaction to the recent forced exodus of nearly half a million minority Rohingya from within her regional borders. Despite being championed as the great savior of her country, she failed to condemn the atrocities for nearly a month; and, when she did finally speak up against the human rights abuses, she refused to address the United Nations accusations of ethnic cleansing. The Rohingya have been stateless since Myanmar’s 1974 Constitution and 1982 Citizenship Act excluded the minority Muslim group as a ‘national race’ . In The Origins of Totalitarianism , Hannah Arendt explores the idea that the interests of the nation state infringe upon the Universal Rights of Man. The
I will briefly discuss a harsh part of their history called the 8888 uprising where thousands of people were killed for peacefully protesting. . I will also connect the Burma situation with history in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement, when Martin Luther King preached equality by using the freedom to assemble. Although the Civil Rights Movement was more motivated by racism, Dr. King still preached for equality and the ability of the people to fight for what they want. My goal in this paper is to prove that the people in Burma do have a right to peacefully protest for what they want without any penalties. The First Amendment, Freedom of Assembly.
BuddhaNet - Worldwide Buddhist Information and Education Network. N.p., n.d. Web. The Web. The Web. 7 Mar. 2014.
With the known death toll of Myanmar Muslims and other minority groups increasing and the Myanmar government publicly admitting to “misplacing” huge numbers of people who fall into the religious minority, suspicions that the Myanmar government is assisting in this religious genocide have justifiably arisen. Globally known extreme religious group Isis is renowned for their religious intolerance.
A feature that is similar to that of the Zulu culture mentioned previously is that of concept of lobola or as the Thai people call it the son sod, the Thai version of the dowry (Schriever, 2015: < www.beachrepublic.com >). Buddhist monks are usually invited to attend and come in odd numbers, as odd numbers are considered lucky in Thailand, they normally arrive in numbers of 3, 5, 7 or 9 but never more than 9 (Schriever, 2015: < www.beachrepublic.com >). Schriever (2015), writes
Pugh, C.L. (2013) 'Is Citizenship the Answer? Constructions of belonging and exclusion for the stateless Rohingya of Burma.', p. 3.