Shan-Dai cultural festival next month

No.09 - 10/2007
19 October 2007
Culture/General
 
Shan-Dai cultural festival next month
_{Princely descendents expressly invited}
 
The Dais of the Dehong Autonomous Prefecture, opposite Burma’s Shan State, are throwing a 5-day cultural party in November and have invited their cousins across the globe, particularly scions of the princely families, to join it, according to an organizer.
 
Khun Noom, himself an offspring of the House of Mongkhawn, known by the Chinese as Manxi, explained owning to the recent unrest in Burma, the organizing committee would not be able to send formal invitations. “But their presence would be greatly honored,” he said.
 
The organizing committee has also promised free bed and board for members of the former princely houses.
 
The schedule, according to him, is as follows:
25 November              -           Arrival in Mongkhawn (Manxi)
26-27 November         -           Seminar
28-29 November         -           Sightseeing and visiting former palaces
30 November              -           Departure
 
There were 16 Shan-Dai principalities in China before the Communist takeover in 1949 and 34 Shan principalities in Burma before the relinquishment of their traditional powers to the Shan State government in 1959.
 
Dai is a different spelling for Tai, as the Shans call themselves.
 
For more information, please contact
Maha Moong                      Tel:            66 81 7846290, E-Mail: taikhuen@yahoo.com
or Khun Noom,                   Tel:           86-13808788666
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