KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Why is my text not visible? Hosanna Happy Thingyan.

Today is the middle day of Burmese Water Festival or Thingyan, when we throw water at each other to wash all our sins away, somewhat like the Hindu Holi.

There are 3-4 days of non-stop revelling, somewhat like Mardi Gras.

In Thailand, prospective organ recipients go and wait for deaths and organ donors during the water festival.

It is also Palm Sunday when Jesus came into Jerusalem.

Yo Yo Ma played his cello in Laredo TX twin cities.

4-14-2019

KyiMayKaung

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Why is my text not visible? Hosanna Happy Thingyan.

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

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