Myanmar: Myanmar, Thailand, And South-East Asia

Myanmar Myanmar, also known as Burma, is an extraordinary and fascinating country situated in the monsoon region of Asia. This unique country borders with Thailand, Bangladesh, Laos and China. Myanmar has a total area of 676,578 kilometers squared, which makes it the largest country in Mainland South-East Asia. Myanmar has several mountain ranges including Bago Yoma, Rakhine Yoma and Shan Hills. This country is divided into seven states and seven regions including Yangon Region and Mon state. Because of its geographic position, Myanmar gets a generous amount of sun but also rainfall and humidity throughout the year. Its average temperature ranges from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius like many other countries in SouthEast Asia. Due to its location

Burmese people live on primary jobs which most of the country’s income comes from. Rice is a major product in Myanmar. Currently 52.89 million people reside in Myanmar 90 percent of which are Buddhist. In Myanmar, like in most countries, there are some very wealthy people and some very poor people. However, in 2011 Myanmar was one of the poorest countries in the world. This country still remains quite poor and a fair number of its inhabitants cannot afford proper housing or food. People who live in Myanmar speak Burmese, which is also spoken in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Thailand. The currency they use is the Kyat, the appearance of the coin changed three times, the present one was introduced in

Both men and women in Myanmar wear these cloths. The only difference is that men tie it at the front whilst women fold the cloth over and secure it at the side. Myanmar was a monarchy before it got colonized by the British in the 19th century and became a part of British India. Myanmar eventually fought for its independence in the late 1940s and on the 4th of January in 1948 the country became an independent republic. Sao Shwe Thaik was its first president and U Nu its first prime minister. Since then it got ruled by a series of different presidents and is now being governed under Htin Kyaw, since 2016. Moreover, religion takes a major part in Burmese people’s lives and takes up most of their time and effort. Even though there is freedom of religion in Myanmar, close to 90 percent of people living there are Buddhist. The whole country is dotted with monasteries and Pagodas, also known as temples, which were built during the 12th and 13th centuries. These are extremely well kept and looked after by the people of the Buddhist community including the many monks. Burmese Buddhists take their religion very seriously and worship many times a day. They also follow strict rules when going into temples. Examples of these include that: you must take your shoes and hats off before entering a religious building and leave them outside along with your umbrella, Women should not enter while wearing short sleeved shirts, short pants or short skirts, some