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Impressions from Chin State, Burma

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Impressionen aus dem Chin Staat der im westlichen Burma (Myanmar) liegt. Dieser Staat in Burma ist dünn besiedelt und bleibt eines der am wenigsten entwickelten Gebieten des Landes mit einer Armutsrate von 73% (nach den veröffentlichten Zahlen aus der ersten offiziellen Umfrage), es ist eine Bergregion mit wenigen Verkehrsverbindungen.

Impressions from Chin State which is a state located in western Burma (Myanmar). The state has a poverty rate of 73% (per released figures from the first official survey), it is a mountainous region with few transportation links. Chin State is sparsely populated and remains one of the least developed areas of the country.

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Novitation Ceremony Bago Divison Myanmar

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Novitiation ceremony is the unique characteristic in Myanmar. This ceremony usually celebrates during the school holidays, mostly in summer holidays at March & April before the water festival. In the Myanmar tradition the boys are compulsory to enter the Buddhist order for a week or more.
In the Myanmar Buddhist tradition it is compulsory that every boys over eight years old to twenty have to enter the Buddhist Order for a week or more as a novice and over twenty they have to enter the Order again as Ordained Monk. At least twice in his life he becomes a member of the Order and sometimes even more. They stay at a monastery is not considered a hardship because it is a blessing for the whole family as well as for the boys themselves. Monks or novices can stay as long as they wish.
A formal Novitiation ceremony involves a parade around the pagodas on the first day with the boys all dressed up as princes. In the afternoon their heads will be shaven and they will enter the Order. On the same day or the next there will be a feast for monks and invited guests. If sisters of the Novices have their ears pierced at the same time, they also are the important participants in the celebrations.
At the ceremony the line of a dozen cars drive orderly with musical troop follow an a roofless truck car playing music and songs loudly for dancer who take place on the roof top with funny dance to amuse people. To pay homage to the Buddha they go to a famous pagoda at their town, parade clockwise to the pagoda, the parents take place at the front, the fathers carry the Alms bowl and fan and the mothers carry the casket contain robes. Next to them are Monks-to-be and Novices-to-be with their attended holding Gold umbrella over them and a group of girls carry decorated offertories follow them in line. Musical troop and their merry making dancer make all the funs and tease the girls. After the pagoda they have to visit a nat (sprit) shrine for homage. Then finally go to the monastery shave the hair and ask permission from the Abbot to be novice. As a novice he has to observe eight precepts and learn the Buddha teachings from his preceptor.
Novitiation is the obligation for every parent, rich or poor, since it is believe to be a great meritorious deed which could prevent them to be at the evil realm.
Source: http://www.myanmarbravo.com/myanmar-culture/myanmar-novitiation-ceremony.html

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Germany Gives €4m for Vocational Education in Myanmar

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Industrial Training Centre in Sinde, Bago, Myanmar.

Germany has provided a grant of €4 million for upgrading the vocational training institute in Sinde in a bid to allay the dearth of skilled human resources in Myanmar.

The grant funds are provided from the budget of the German government to upgrade the institute with new technical equipment and training materials as well as teachers’ training.

The Industrial Training Center in Sinde in Padaung township, Bago region, was one of the first vocational training institutes in Myanmar and had already received assistance from the German government more than 35 years ago.

Following the lapse of sanctions against Myanmar, the centre was chosen to be the first project to again receive support from the German government.

U Tun Tun Naing, director general of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development, U Thwin Myint Maung, director general of the Ministry of Industry, and Christian Richter, country director to Myanmar of German government-owned development bank KfW Banking Group, will be signed the Implementation Agreement for the project on August 19.

“The need for qualified staff is increasing all over Myanmar. Better qualification through employment adequate training will allow the graduates to get better jobs and to increase their income,” Christian Richter said.

“Without appropriate qualified staff local companies are limited in fully tapping their potential and to be competitive, especially in regard to other companies in the ASEAN region. Hence the improvement of vocational training in Myanmar will also help the country to better cope with the challenges in the ASEAN region,” he added.

Beside KfW, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has been providing technical support to the institute, which is seen as a flagship of cooperation between the countries, since last year.

The vocational training institute in Sinde is the first component of an even larger joint program by the Myanmar and German side.

In the second step more vocational training schools under the Ministry of Science and Technology will be upgraded with modern technical equipment and machinery, KfW said.

Wai Linn Kyaw
(Source) http://www.mmbiztoday.com/articles/germany-gives-4m-vocational-education-myanmar

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