Burmese Wedding Dress

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Burmese wedding dress. Thanaka is a paste made from thanaka tree bark and is painted on the cheeks and nose. The traditional wedding dress for the bride is a two peice dress. Traditional burmese folklore considers love to be destiny as the hindu god brahma writes one s destiny in love on a child s brow when he or she is six days old called na hpuza နဖ စ lit.

The burmese say thanaka is an effective. Try some of the local customs too like wearing thanaka makeup and chewing kun ya or betel nut. Known as longyi for the skirt and anngyi for the blouse.

The traditional wedding dress for the bride is a two peice dress. Aug 30 2013 explore myathida s board myanmar traditional dress followed by 3458 people on pinterest. The bride is dressed in the costume of a court maiden in waiting and the bridegroom puts a gaung baung on his head.

Destiny on the forehead. The traditional dress of burmese people is said to be date back to the 1750s where it was first designed with stunning jewelry by those who held positions of power. This is the one occasion when people show off.

The wedding traditions of the bamar people burmans who comprise the majority. For more on the merits of wearing myanmar s national dress read about the longyi and why it s good manners to wear it. See more ideas about myanmar traditional dress traditional dresses myanmar.

A wedding procession with the groom and bride dressed in traditional burmese wedding clothes reminiscent of royal attire. This means in their wedding best clothes and jewelry of diamonds rubies sapphires assorted mogok precious stones their own or borrowed. Myanmar traditional wedding dresses all things myanmar burmese myanmar traditional wedding gowns are usually made using delicate silk materials and decorated with pearls beads and sequins.