Skip to main content
Submitted by moiuser3 on 23 January 2025

The Myanmar Cultural Heritage Trust (MCHT) announced that it will hold a “Together Through Thanaka” performance competition on Union Day.

A briefing was held at the Green Park on Inya Road, Kamayut Township on 22 January, and actress Daw Swe Zin Htike, one of the five judges, briefed the participants on the competition. Awards include best actor, best team, audience favourite, and honourable prize and each contestant will be awarded one prize.

The proposal of the Myanmar Thanaka to be listed as the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, which has been submitted since 2020, must be completed by the first week of March to be resubmitted, said Daw Sanda Khin, Chairperson of the MCHT.

“The submission deadline is the end of March. So, it must be completed by the first week of March. The Ministry of Culture has written eight pages on Thanaka. We need to fill out this form provided by UNESCO and write its history, value, medicinal value, psychological and physical benefits,” she said.

The proposal must be written within the six points required by UNESCO.

“This is the norm set by UNESCO- its usefulness for beauty and health. We must write that it has become a topic of discussion among global researchers and environmentalists.

Thanaka contains collagen. It protects against UV damage. It has been proven that it has these properties and it cools down. Thanaka’s medicinal properties have been shown according to research made by Korea, Thailand and Myanmar,” she added.

MT/ZN

#TheGlobalNewLightOfMyanmar