Myanmar shin-pyu
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The Myanmar people are polite and very involved in Buddhistic matters. Their respects to monks and nuns, the followers of Buddhist are amazing. In Myanmar there are a vast amount of vocabulary to be used in talking with the monks and nuns. There are a lot of festivals concerning Buddhism in Myanmar. They are very religious and peaceful people.
Among the Myanmar man's life, there are a lot of things to do. The first thing, when he was born, the parents will celebrate a traditional party for him, called "Kin-pun-tut-pwe". In this celebration, the parents will invite the neighbours, the relatives, and give their child a name according to the day on which he was born. For example,if he was born on Friday, his name must start with "Tha" or "Ha" alphabets in Myanmar alphabets. And they also calculate the number of the day. Friday represents 6 according to the myanmar numbering system. For example, if a child's name is "Thein Min Htike",the first word "Thein" describes the day he was born, the second and the third ones are chosen according to the lucky number after they summed the total of numbers in his name.
After the child pass 7-year age, the parents have to send him to the monastery to follow some Buddhist teachings and practice. Myanmar people are devoted to the religion and they believe in Buddhism. According to the Buddhism, the Buddhist, when he was a prince, left his palace on the horse-back with the follower man, Maung San to practise the meditation and to dig up what the real life and how the cycle of life is rotating and how to attain Nirvanna, and that life is made up of suffering and there is no self after He saw the old, the sick, the dead, the monk in the royal garden. Myanmar people also send their children to the monastery to conduct Buddhistic education. But before they are sent to the monastery, they celebrate the ceremony called Shin-pyu. In this ceremony, the male children wear the costumes like the princes. Then they ride the horse as the Buddhist did when he left for meditation. In Burmese ceremony they also have a follower man to this child, a monk-to-be. Then a lot of people will follow going around the city or village carrying the things , what they called, the "Paraitkayashitpa", the things needed to be a monk including the robe. After the going around, he will be sent to the monastery. The head monk of the monastery will give some teachings. Then he was balded and let in the robe and he also cites some buddhist teachings and becomes a young monk. On the following day is the preaching of Buddhist teaching by the head of monastery at the parents' house with a lot of people. The head monks, the monks from the monastery, as well as the young monks are on the traditional stage cite the teachings first. Then the head monk will give some teachings which takes at least 2 hours. All the lay men and women offer the offerings to the monk and share some traditional food with the guests, and all of them are in great interest in the teachings of Buddhist monks. Then the ceremony is closed and the young monks are sent to the monastery to study Buddhist teachings,where they have to keep the Eight Precepts. They have to study in the monastery at least 2 weeks. But all the parents in Myanmar want their children learn Buddhist teachings as long as possible during the new year festival, called Thingyan.
