to showcase thanakha as a symbol of Myanmar society by competing in traditional songs and dances. Outside the performance area, about a dozen stalls sold bunches of chopped thanakha wood and ...

the Skywalker gibbons' mating song, scientists reported this week, has revealed a previously unknown population -- the largest in the world -- of the endangered primate in the jungles of Myanmar.

Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to Unesco's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha ... society by competing in traditional songs and dances. Outside the performance ...