Tazaungdiang Festival Tazaungdiang Festival, Festival of Lights, celebrates the end of the rain season (monsoon). It’s a Buddhist tradition and a national holiday in Myanmar, celebrated on the full moon day of Tazaungmon, the 8th month of the Burmese lunar calendar. International that is usually in Nov. During this festival …
Shwedagon Pagoda The Shwedagon Pagoda is the largest Buddhist temple of Myanmar. The main stupa is completely covered in gold. The official name is Shwedagon Zedi Daw. Other names are the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda. The pagoda has a height of 105m, located on Singuttara Hill in …
Thangka paintings Thangka paintings are Buddhist paintings, or Buddhist art you can call it too. Illustrations of Buddha and other deities and gods are painted on specific undergrounds like cotton and silk. Usually it’s a loose woven cotton on which the illustrations are painted. The size of thangkas vary. There …
Buddha Birthday Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi are two different terms for the same happening. This auspicious day has several names for it. Beside Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi it is also called Saga Dawa, Vesak, Vaisakh Purnima, etc. Depending on the Asian countries and its languages. The celebration of …
This article is about begging scams, trying to get as much money as possible, usually from tourists, for whatever purpose. Good or bad isn’t ours to decide. It’s impossible to judge about who is begging or for what reasons and who are the ones who really need or deserve help …
What is Vipassana? Vipassana is an old meditation technique to get to the stock room of the mind. You can also say to get to your deepest level of unconsciousness. You learn how to reach it and how you can empty old stock. Obvious that isn’t a quick and easy …
Language issues Do people from outside Asia need to worry about language issues and barriers when living or travelling in Asia? It all depends on which country you’re going to and which places in that particular country. There is no need to worry when you’re going on a vocation, stay in …
TEFL is HOT! Worldwide there are probably more than a 100.000 TEFL teachers and plenty of opportunities, also for your first scary teaching steps. Where do you start and how does it work? You can do a TEFL Course in your own country, online, or through some organization who are …