Myanmar's Traditional Fashion Choices Endure March 04, 2015 3:48 AM By Steve Herman; Share ... the longyi, a two-meter-long cylindrical printed cloth wrapped around the waist.

Myanmar is fiercely proud of its traditional garb, which was largely protected from the influx of homogenous Western fashion now ubiquitous across Southeast Asia by the former military junta.

In the heart of Myanmar, a few miles south of Mandalay, lies the textiles town of Wundwin. For more than 60 years, the area has been the primary production hub of the longyi, a traditional Burmese ...

Myanmar's tea shops have long been central as public spaces to meet and talk, especially during the military regime. But with the country's "opening" to Western influence, their prominence is fading.

I got a traditional Burmese dress, the longyi. I was also prepared to smear myself with the sunscreen powder you see most Burmese women wearing on their faces. But finding someone who would go with me ...

In the street, bare-chested teenage boys in a circle play a rowdy game of chinlon, a sort of acrobatic Hacky Sack, while potbellied men in T-shirts and longyi, the traditional Burmese sarong, sit ...

Local resident Naomi Boucher is sharing traditions from Myanmar as May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Boucher, 51, who is a native of Ye Oo, which is located north of Mandalay ...