Colorful Myanmar
by - Daw Khin Myo Chit

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Buddhist Way of Life

1. FACETS OF LIFE AT SHWEDAGON PAGODA
2. Pagodas and What They Mean to Buddhists

   COMING SOON

   Life and Customs
   Language and Pitfalls
   Trees, Fruits and Vegetables
   Myanmar Cuisine
   Myanmar Women
   Performing Arts
   Festivals
   The Splendour that was Bagan
   Appendix - A practical and poetic guide to Myanmar Culture

   ABOUT THE AUITIOR

   Khin Myo Chit (b: 1915) started her writing career in the 1930swith short stories for
   magazines and weekly journals, and later worked on the editorial staff of a weekly.
   Her pre-war years were busy, what with getting involved in the country's
   struggle for independence against the British, free-lance writing
   and raising a family.

   When war came, it meant more involvement in partisan movements.

   After the war, she picked up the broken threads of her formal education
   and got her B.A. degree at the Yangon University.
   She then began using English language as her medium in short
   stories and newspaper columns.

   She later worked as a features editor successively of the Guardian Daily
   and the Working People 's Daily, both English language papers. Her short story
   Thirteen Carat Diamond was included in 50 Great Oriental Stories,
   a Bantam Classics, published in U.S.A and Canada, March 1965.
   It was translated into Italian, German, Yugolsav and Gujarati languages.

   She wrote Anawrahta of Burma, a historical novel, based on the title of
   King Anawarahta, the l 1th century founder of first Myanmar Kingdom with
   its capital, Bagan.

   Her infinite Variety was first published in Horizon as the prize-winning
   story of a contest open to South East Asian writers sponsored by
   the same magazine.

   A Wonderland of Burmese Legends published in Bangkok by the Tamarind
   Press received high acclaim in the foreign press.

   Colorful Myanmar
   Third Edition 1995 September
   Copyright - Khin Myo Chit
   Production Editor - Kyaw Oo
   Cover Design - Shwe Soe Han
   Illustrations - U Ba Kyi, U San Toe, Shwe Soe Han, Kyaw Phyu San
   Printer - Khin Khin Win(02670) Kalhya Offset 152 Kyun Shwe Myaing Street
   Thuwunna, Yangon.
   Publisher U Ye Myint(01049)
   Tetlan Sarpay 967 Padetha Street,
   Menu script Permit 44/ 95(1)
   Cover Permit 155 / 95(4)
   Circulation - 5000 Copies