Myanmar
Union of Myanmar Pyidaungzu Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw Southeastern Asia AREA 261K mi2; 677K km2 ARABLE 16.5% POP 57.5M (220/mi2; 85/km2) GOV’T Military regime ADM CAPITAL Nay Pyi Taw (758K) FORMER CAP Yangon (5.7M) GDP/CAPITA $5,400 UNEMPLOYMENT 2.8% IN POVERTY 24.8% LIFE EXP 70 years MEDIAN AGE 31 yrs INFANT MORT 32/1K live births (42nd) LITERACY 89% INTERNET USERS 44% LANGUAGES Burmese (official), ±100 indigenous languages RELIGIONS Buddhist 88%, Christian 6%, Muslim 3%, Animist 1%, Hindu 1%, other/none 1% HEALTH 3.7% of GDP EDUCATION 2.1% of GDP (184th) MILITARY 3.9% of GDP (22nd) PCVs 2016–2020 CURRENT: 0, TTD: 87 |  Myanmar Barbershops the world over are centers of community life, where customers come for connection and news as well as for grooming. Mirrors and swivel chairs, bottles of water and hair products-including hair dye to touch up any emerging grey hair-can be found in barbershops everywhere. But in this neighborhood shop in Yangon, Burmese traditions are also in evidence, in the traditional lungyi, or sarong, sported by one of the barbers and a customer, and in the altar to Buddha, reflecting Myanmar's largely Buddhist population. Scott Faila © 2015 | PCV Malaysia 1973-1975 | Irrigation Engineering |
Adult Books
By Carolyn Alexander
2024
Summary:
In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by flying over the Himalayas on the most hazardous air route in the world. It’s a story of an epic human endeavor, in which Allied troops faced the monumental challenge of operating from airfields hacked from the jungle, and took on "the Hump" the fearsome mountain barrier that defined the air route. They flew fickle, untested aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, and at brain-melting altitudes with inaccurate maps and only primitive navigation technology. The result was a litany of both deadly crashes and astonishing feats of survival. The most chaotic of all the war's arenas, the China-Burma-India theater was framed by the conflicting political interests of Roosevelt, Churchill and their demanding and fickle ally, Chiang Kai-shek. International development efforts (and politics) in Myanmar today are indelibly imprinted and shaped by the legacy of these post WWII politics.
Kids' Books
By William Grill
Publisher: London: Flying Eye Books, 2021
Format: 83 pgs; col illus., col map.
ISBN: 978-1-83874-023-8
Age Range: 8-12 yrs.
Summary:
During a war in Burma John Howard Williams, a war veteran, and Bandoola, a working Asian elephant (along with the trainer, Po Toke) undertake a journey that will test their friendship, taking bravery to the very limit. Together, they lead a group of refugees and over 70 elephants to safety, scaling 5000 ft mountains as they cross the border from Burma into northern India.
Films
Director: Robert H. Lieberman
Genre: Documentary
Release Date: 2012
Language: English, Burmese
Run Time: 1 hr 24 minutes
Synopsis: Shot clandestinely over a 2-year period, this film provides a rare look at the second-most isolated country on the planet, lifting the curtain to expose everyday life in a country that has been held in the iron grip of a brutal military regime for 48 years. Culled from over 120 hours of striking images, the film is an impressionistic journey: Interviews and interactions with more than 100 people throughout Burma, including an interview with the then recently released Aung San Suu Kyi, are interwoven with spectacular footage of this little-seen nation and its people.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859621/
