MAPEH: ARTS OF MYANMAR, VIETNAM, & LAOS

• Myanmar Culture is influenced by Buddhism from its neighbor countries India, Thailand, & China
• Burmese art is based on Buddhist cosmology and myths and numerous temples and stupas are built in every town & village
• Gold leaf is beaten into thin pieces and cut into squares which are sold in packets
• Myanmar has ten traditional arts called pan se myo
• Panbe - blacksmith
• Panbu - Sculpture
• Pantain - Gold & Silver smith
• Pantin - Bronze Casting
• Pantaut - Floral designs using masonry
• Panyan - Bricklaying & Masonry
• Pantamault - Sculpting with stone
• Panpoot - Turnery
• Panchi - Painting
• Panyun - Lacquerware
• Tapestry originated in Mandalay
• Tapestry originated in Mandalay
• Myanmar silk is made from fine, soft thread produced by silkworms
• A typical garment made up of such silk is the longyi
• Pyatthat is a spired and multi-tiered roof is a roofing style common in Burmese culture
• The light green glaze used in Myanmar pottery is unique to the country
• Vietnamese silk painting emphasizes softness, elegance, and flexibility of style
• Painting on silk is challenging because a wrong stroke of the brush is irrerversible
• Dong Ho painting is a vietnamese folk art. The background paper used in this folk art is originally white from the bark of a tree called dzo
• red pigment is taken from the earth
• Black is made from burned bamboo leaves
• Shiny white paint is made using ground shells
• A layer of sticky rice called ho nep is applied to protect the painting and make colors last longer
• Water puppetry is a distinct Vietnamese art wherein the stage is a pond or a waist-deep pool. Eight puppeteers stand behind a split-bamboo screen, the puppets are carved out of wood and weigh 15 kilograms each
• Lao folk art originates from religious and local traditional sources
• Weaving is common form of artistic cultural expression
• Tie dyeing raw silk known as mut mee or ikat
• In central laos, diamond patterns symbolize the protective scales of the mythical naga
• Buddha sculptures are traditionally cast in bronze, silver, gold or thong
• Folk carvings are also quite popular with votive buddha images being the most common form
• Heuan are traditional lao homes that are simple and constructed entirely from woven bamboo thatching or wood, with few rooms
• That Luang- important stupa for buddhist pilgrimage
• haw Phra kaew- housed the Emerald buddha
• Wat sisaket- was built by king Annouvong
• Wat Xieng Thong was built in 1560
• Laos holds two UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE namely Wat Phu temple and Luang prabang