Advertisement Article continues below this ad Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to date back over 1,000 years.

YANGON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The 2024 Lancang-Mekong Cultural Activity, funded by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Special Fund (2024), officially commenced on Monday in Bagan, Myanmar, the state-run ...

Sandar Khin, chairperson of the Myanmar Cultural Heritage Trust, which organized the competition, said it was being held to highlight the culture of thanakha and help bring it to world attention.

Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to date back over 1,000 years. Murals showing is use can be seen in 11th ...

Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, a yellowish-white ...

In a move that could have far-reaching diplomatic implications, Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena has invited Myanmar’s ...

Myanmar and India held the Mekong-Ganga Food Festival in Yangon to foster cultural exchange and tourism. The event featured ...

Some chefs have left the country; others continue to work in hotels and restaurants in Myanmar's big cities but travel abroad to cook for overseas food lovers. But both expatriates and chefs still ...