Myanmar, a Buddhism Asian country, is now more and more popular to the world. Every year, thousands of people come to adventure Myanmar with their friends and family. These top things are what visitors experience when traveling to this country.
1.Women wear dress and sandal:
In Myanmar, all people wear dresses. Yes, it is strange but the hot weather here makes dresses become popular even to men. The young and the old, women and men are all in dresses. In fact, they wear their traditional dresses called Longyi and Paso. They are very convenient especially when they often go to pagodas and temples.
Myanmarese (Burmese) also wear sandals or slippers instead of shoes. Why? Because it is not allowed to wear shoes or high heel in pagodas. And it is inconvenient if you move to many pagodas per day. So people prefer wearing sandal to save time and they are really suitable for them in hot weather.
We can see sandals are so popular that even when wearing suit or on special case, they still use their familiar sandals.
Normal life
Myanmar are very kind and outgoing. Because of their religion, most Burmese try to be good to others, they think that Buddha can see all the things that they do and they believe in “you reap what you sow”.
When adventuring Myanmar, there is one thing strange: in normal life, myanmar people often come to pray in many pagodas even in one day. They think that stealing is very bad so they try hard to earn their own living in good ways.
Myanmar has a very special habit: they like to chewing betel. It is also a familiar habit that we can see in Vietnam, but in Myanmar it is a favorite to all ages even children.
Besides this habit, Myanmar also likes to use Thanaka powder to keep cool under the hot weather and for make up. They draw circles on their face with this kind of cosmetic, very safe and cheap too. It is their pride and traditional custom.
One thing we also want to mention here is that Myanmar’s government always shares many chances for their inhabitants. Myanmar’s people can visit almost all of their landscapes without paying tickets.
Myanmar people like to drink tea. Their tea is very special. They mix their light tea with a little of fresh milk and honey. In some food shops, they even give you a free cup of tea. If you have the chance to enjoy this, please share it with friends through Myanmar travel blog to help them know how outgoing Myanmar are!
Men are the bosses at home
Saying that means in this Asia country, men are more appreciated than women. At home, Myanmar women have to do many things. They have to take care of all the meals for the entire family, which we can also see in India, Vietnam and some other countries. Myanmarese do not allow them to mix clothes when washing. Women can not wash their clothes together with men’ clothings.
Pagodas, yes, pagodas again.
Again and again, we have to mention about pagodas and temples. Why? There are so many pagodas here that we can not count, can not list all for you. Myanmar really have high respectation to monks and pagodas. Passing any Myanmar highlights, you can also see many pagodas there.
There are thousands of pagodas and temples, in different styles, shapes and sizes. Many among them are really huge ones that many visitors want to come just to see how they look.
In LA times, they estimated that in Myanmar there were about 10 000 pagodas and temples which were built from X to XIV century. Of course, there are now fewer than before. But if we count even very small ones, we can not have the exact number for you. All are waiting for you to come and adventure Myanmar in the future.
We all know that Myanmar is not a very developed country, it is not famous for its rich family or international coporations. But do you know what is very popular in Myanmar? That is…gold! Yes, gold is everywhere, but you can not touch it or steal it. Goldleaves are painted on almost all of pagodas and temples. Myanmar gives gold to help decorate huge pagodas and temples. In some famous pagodas, we even see statue of Buddha with the height up to 4 meters. All in gold. There are even statues with the length up to 100 meters, very huge, so they have to take time to scrupture stone before building pagodas.
Barefoot in pagodas and temples
In this Buddhism country, it is not allowed to wear shoes to walk in pagoda yard. You have to take off your shoes/high heel and walk barefoot only. They think that, this way is the best way to express their respect to their God.
So to be more convenient and be a smart visitors, you should buy sandals or slippers in some shops before visiting such Myanmar sites.
If you are a famous person or you sit on a very high position such as the president of a country, this is still a must for you. So we can see that even police on important occasion have to walk barefoot even when they are on duty to maintain security in festivals.
Of course, tourists do not need to worry where to keep their shoes. You can hire someone to watch over the shoes for you just by paying a cheap price. The expense will not change even if you go alone or in a group.
To be better for you, visiting pagodas in the morning is more convenient. Myanmar has hot weather, so walking barefoot at noon seems quite difficult for many visitors. In the morning, it is still cool and easy to move without shoes or socks. In many Myanmar blogs, you can see the writer guide very carefully about this topic.
One more thing to remember, do not wear sexy clothes or short skirts, you are not allowed to walk inside. And have to pay for another coat if you want to walk in.
Myanmar also use candles to light their pagodas, in some festival, thousands of candles spark make a really beautiful scene.
There are more monks than police officers.
I think this only happens in Myanmar. In Kyat Khat Wine, there are thousands of monks coming to study every day. With thousands of pagodas and temples, of course monks are just as many. But if monks are even more than polices, well, we can not image.
In Myanmar, monks walk every day for free food from habitants. Myanmar believes that when they share rice and food for monks, they will get good luck. Monks in Myanmar have their habit of eating like normal habitants. But they do not eat after 12am.
Not many world heritages.
In this country, you can fiind only one world heritage, which is called Pyu and includes Kanbawza Thadi ruins. This world heritage was recognized by UNESCO in 2014.
Although Myanmar doesn’t have many world heritages, many still come here because of other tourists sites.
There are many things to share about Myanmar. But only when you have your own adventure Myanmar tour can you really understand and enjoy features of this country. We hope these useful informations above will help you during your holiday in this interesting country.
