Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Part 1
MYANMAR: OVERVIEW
Part 2
PREHISTORY: INTRODUCTION
Beikthano
Halin
Srikshetra
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Nats - Spirit
Leaders called Nat Ka Daw are considered
to be married to a spirit
Artifacts were made of organic objects
Earliest Nats were the sibling spirits Min
Mahagiri and Shwemyethna
Min Mahagiri
Shwemvetna
Nats found in a
Pagan Temple
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Bhumisparsha mudra
Padmasana
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Bhumisparsha Mudra
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
A painting of Buddha
with the Earth
Goddess under the
lotus throne
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Chinthe
Manukthiha
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
A sculpture of a Chinthe
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Manukthiha two
bodied lion with a single
head.
Hamsa
Bramani Duck
Creature with the normal anatomy
Symbolizes marital fidelity
Holds a branch on its beak symobilizing fertility
and prosperity
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Kinariri
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Bronze Hamsa
market weight
RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND
Great serpents
In other cultures such as India, Nagas are believed to
be serpent people. The male are known as Nagas
while the female are called Naginis. They resemble
humans from the waist up, and snakes from the waist
down. Sometimes they have multiple heads and vary
in colour. Also, at times Nagas are depicted as
limbless and having a cobra-like frill.
In Burma, Nagas are part serpent, part dragon and
part crocodile. They give rubies to those they favor
and protect many royal people.
Part 3
BURMA: ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Stupas
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Bu Burmese
grown gourd
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Buhpaya Stupa
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Burmese crown
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Temples
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Myazedei A building an
exterior face like a stupa but its
interior is like a temple.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER
Lokanada Stupa
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
Shwesandaw Stupa
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
Shwezigon Stupa
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
Shwezigon Stupa
Exterior view
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
STUPAS
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
Nagayon
Temple
plan at
Pagan
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
Nagayon
Temple at
Pagan
external
views
ARCHITECTURAL CHARAC
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
Ananda Temple
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
Ananda
Temples
Shikhara
tower
with a
stupa
finial
and a
crowning
hti.
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER:
TEMPLES