Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to ...

Murals showing is use can be seen in 11th century temples in the old capital Bagan ... Myanmar’s biggest city, to showcase thanakha as a symbol of Myanmar society by competing in traditional ...

Murals showing is use can be seen in 11th century-temples in the old capital Bagan ... Myanmar’s biggest city, to showcase thanakha as a symbol of Myanmar society by competing in traditional ...

If recognition is achieved, thanakha will become Myanmar's second intangible cultural heritage to be recognized by UNESCO, after its traditional water festival of Thingyan was added last December.