A viral ad shows the lungi’s many uses and says Tamil Nadu’s traditional attire is now popular in the US. But viewers pointed out the lungi is worn across South and Southeast Asia, sparking debate ...

A new Burmese restaurant will open to the public in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood Saturday. The family-owned restaurant Ni Burmese will showcase a variety of traditional dishes from Myanmar ...

Watch a girl tie her long hair into a traditional Burmese hair bun style. Footage shows the youngster sitting on the dirt ground while she twisted her 3ft long tresses into a knot on top of her ...

1. Men wear skirts in Burma. Call us ignorant but we honestly thought that the only country with men’s skirts is Scotland. We were really surprised when we saw men in skirts in Myanmar. It turns out ...

My mother and maternal family would constantly share stories from Burma, and we had remnants of that heritage everywhere — whether it was artefacts or my uncles wearing longyi, a traditional ...

The fledgling designer gave 70 longyi – a traditional garment that ties at the waist – to Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.. She wore a lilac one to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in ...

The Burmese restaurant and tea room is all decked up for the Thingyan Festival. In between your meal, expect some of the Burma Burma staff to come to you with a large cane hawker's tray consisting of ...

The centrepiece of the Thingyan Festival celebration at Burma Burma is the 'Village Set,' a sharing meal for two, that brings people together over a selection of delectable, traditional Burmese ...

A school in Mae Sot, Thailand, located just across the border with Myanmar, shelters immigrant children of all ages, ...