Myanmar Week Grandshow
By Shiina Adachi
Myanmar Week grand show, Dec. 22, brought the end of 2017 multi-cultural weeks."The story is a myth based on a truth, showing the strong bond between a brother and sister during kings were in Myanmar, " Nandar Pyaesone, one of the core leaders in Myanmar Week, started the story.
Long ago, in a kingdom far away, there lived a cruel king and his queen. They did not treat their people well and did not care if people had enough food or not so that nobody liked them.In the story, there also lived a brother and sister whom the villagers really loved because of their kindness.
One day, one of the king’s wife told the king about them and the king started to get curious about them and decided to visit the village. The villagers did not listen to the king, but they listen to the blacksmith so the king got angry. The sister got caught by the guards. The king asked the sister to tell where her brother is, but she did not answer. Then the king decided to or getting married to the king if she did not answer.
On the wedding, the brother showed up, but he got caught by the guards, and the king commanded to burn the brother alive in front of his sister. The sister was heartbroken by this and also jumped into the fire. The villagers got so mad at the king and the queen for the deaths. They decided to kill them in the end.The brother and sister's deaths became a legend, and people handed it down to next generations until now.
After explaining the story, she said, "When kings lived in Myanmar, people did not have much right, and could not protest or disobey the kings. But, now Myanmar, we live in a democratic country. We have more freedom than when kings ruled Myanmar. That doesn't mean that the kings were always bad, but was one of the aspects. We still have too many problems now, to be honest."
Myanmar Week grand show, Dec. 22, brought the end of 2017 multi-cultural weeks."The story is a myth based on a truth, showing the strong bond between a brother and sister during kings were in Myanmar, " Nandar Pyaesone, one of the core leaders in Myanmar Week, started the story.
Long ago, in a kingdom far away, there lived a cruel king and his queen. They did not treat their people well and did not care if people had enough food or not so that nobody liked them.In the story, there also lived a brother and sister whom the villagers really loved because of their kindness.
One day, one of the king’s wife told the king about them and the king started to get curious about them and decided to visit the village. The villagers did not listen to the king, but they listen to the blacksmith so the king got angry. The sister got caught by the guards. The king asked the sister to tell where her brother is, but she did not answer. Then the king decided to or getting married to the king if she did not answer.
On the wedding, the brother showed up, but he got caught by the guards, and the king commanded to burn the brother alive in front of his sister. The sister was heartbroken by this and also jumped into the fire. The villagers got so mad at the king and the queen for the deaths. They decided to kill them in the end.The brother and sister's deaths became a legend, and people handed it down to next generations until now.
After explaining the story, she said, "When kings lived in Myanmar, people did not have much right, and could not protest or disobey the kings. But, now Myanmar, we live in a democratic country. We have more freedom than when kings ruled Myanmar. That doesn't mean that the kings were always bad, but was one of the aspects. We still have too many problems now, to be honest."
I had not watched a grand show of Myanmar, but became interested in the story that I did on the stage of the Myanmar history. The next grand show wants to reach by all means.
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