Myanmar Culture : BUS-363 Cross Culture Management Faculty of Business Administration Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology Natthaphon Jarat, Lecturer :)

1. MYANMAR CULTURE
23 NOVEMBER 2012
Prepared by: Nang Hseng Noan
(MO)
hseng.n55@rsu.ac.th

2. CONTENT
 1) Myanmar Profile
 2) Ethnic People: 7+ Burman
 3) Myanmar Culture: Greeting, Festival, Food
 4) Visiting Places: Famous places to visit
 5) Do and Don’t in Myanmar
 6) Basic Conversation
 7) Q&A?

3. MYANMAR TERRITOARY
Myanmar share border with Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand and China.

4. POPULATION OF MYANMAR
Population of Myanmar
has around more than
60 million.
Ethnicity: 135
Official: Kachin
Kayah
Kayin
Chin
Mon
Bamar
Rakhine
Shan

5. Ethnic
custom

6. RELIGION
 Buddhist
 Christianity
 Islam
 Hinduism
 Others

7. Occupation
Mostly the ethnic occupation is
farmer, garden……

10. SHAN STATE
This are some of the place
in Shan State that foreign
are allowed to visit. Inley
lake, Kakku, Keng Toung

11. PLACE TO VISIT
Shwedagon Pagoda Kyaiktiyo
Mandalay Bagan

12. MYANMAR FESTIVAL
We also have various of festival by
season and month such as Summer
season (Thingyan), Raining season
(Buddha Land Day), Winter season
(Katangpoi or Dasoungdai).

13. Myanmar
Food

14. MYANMAR GREATING
 Mingalaba (Hi, Hello)
 min glaa naa neh Khin ba (Good morning)
 min glaa nae laa khin ba (Good afternoon)
 min glaa nya nay khin ba (Good evening)
 min glaa nya chan ba (Good night)

15. CONVERSATION
 nay kaung ba tha lar (How are you?)
 Nay Kaung ba tha
 Person Q: How is your family? min mee taa zoo
gaw beh loo leh?
 Person A: They are doing fine, thank you. Jj zoo
beh, aa kong loo ney kawn jaa ba deh

16. BURMESE LOOKS AT OR THINKS ABOUT THAI
 Migrant worker
 Business
 Visitor

17. MIGRANT
 They are
 uneducated person
 work as lowest class (cleaner, housekeeper)
 low pay

18. VISITOR
many interesting place to visit
 want to visit “Wat Phra Keao”
 health system
 amazing Thailand
 shopping
 Thai culture
 Thai festival

19. TABOO WHEN DOING BUSINESS OR BEFRIEND WITH BURMESE
 Touching women in the office
 Respect elder and religion
 Be aware of elder when you have meal
 Time
 Friendly
 Present or gift

20. DO AND DON’T
Do remove your shoes and socks before entering religious
buildings, compounds, and
private homes.
Do bow your head slightly when passing elderly people as a sign of respect.
Do use your chin to point instead of your finger.
Do turn your head away from others before yawning as showing the inside of one’s
mouth is considered impolite.
Do give people things with both hands, which necessitates a respectful bending
forward
body pose.
Don’t turn the bottoms of your feet towards a Buddha statue.
Don’t touch a Burmese person, adult or child, on the head.
Don’t initiate conversations about Burmese politics.
Don’t sit at the head of the table unless you are the senior person.

21. Do remove your shoes and socks before entering
religious buildings, compounds, and private
homes.

22. Do bow your head slightly when passing elderly people as a
sign of respect.

23. Do turn your head away from others before yawning as
showing the inside of one’s mouth is considered impolite.

24. Do give people things with both hands, which necessitates a
respectful bending forward body pose.

25. Don’t turn the bottoms of your feet towards a Buddha statue.

26. Don’t touch an elder person on the
head.

27. Don’t initiate conversations about Myanmar politics. (before)

28. Don’t sit at the head of the table unless you
are the senior person.

29. REFERENCE
1. Bravo (2008). . Retrieved November 23, 2012 from
http://www.myanmarbravo.com/myanmar-culture/myanmar-novitiation-
ceremony.html
2. Shan Culture (2011). . Retrieved November 23, 2012 from
http://shanculture.blogspot.com/
3. Heritage Travels & Tours (2010). . Retrieved November 23, 2012 from
http://www.myanmarheritagetravel.com/inle.htm
4. (2010). Retrieved November 23, 2012 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Burma
5. (2008). Burmese Cultural Orientation. Retrieved November 23, 2012
from, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
6. Shan Yoma Travel & Tours Company Limited, . Retrieved Month
Date, from, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Web
site: http://www.exploremyanmar.com/myanmar/ygnshwedagon.htm

30. Question and Answer
Open discussion
THANK YOU !!!