Mon National Day

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Mon National Day
Official name တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်
Observed by Mon people
Type Cultural
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Frequency Annual
Related to Mon State Day
61st Mon National Day celebration in London
File:Swan-shaped national flag.jpg
Mon flag used during the Hongsawadee Kingdom, AD 573-1757

Mon National Day (Mon: တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်Audio file "LL-Q13349 (mnw)-咽頭べさ-တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်.wav" not found, rungmoam kaun kay kaw mon; Burmese: မွန်အမျိုးသားနေ့; Thai: วันชาติมอญ) is an annual national day that commemorates the founding of Hanthawaddy kingdom.[1] Mon National Day is celebrated by the Mon people in Myanmar and Thailand, and by overseas Mon communities.[1] The day is held on the first waning day of the lunar month of Tabodwe (Maik in Mon) in the Burmese calendar, following Māgha Pūjā.[2]

Origins

Mon National Day was first celebrated in 1947, marking the mythic foundation of last Mon kingdom, Hanthawaddy (now centred in Bago), in CE 573.[3][4] The origins of Mon National Day parallel that of Karen New Year, as both were colonial-era celebrations that fostered the ethnic identity of these communities.[3] The former was established by the United Mon Association via resolution, in October 1947 in the village of Kamawuk in Mudon Township.[5]

In 1974, the Burma Socialist Programme Party-led government officially recognized Mon State Day on 19 March, to celebrate the establishment of Mon State.[3]

Mon National Day is currently not recognized by the Burmese national government as a national holiday. However, in 2013, the Mon State Government expressed interest in organizing celebrations for the holiday.[6] That same year, Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's de facto leader, spoke at large-scale Mon National Day celebrations held at Yangon's People's Square and Park.[7] In 2016, activists and festivity organizers petitioned the national government to observe Mon National Day as a public holiday.[8][9] Since 2017, the Mon State Government has earmarked funding for state-wide Mon National Day celebrations.[10] In 2018, Mon and Kayin State Governments jointly earmarked funding for inaugural Mon National Day celebrations in Kayin State.[11]

Celebrations

Mon National Day is celebrated by Mon communities throughout Myanmar, primarily in Mon and Kayin States, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions.[12] Mon National Day in Thailand was first held in Bangkok in 1982.[citation needed] Countries with significant Mon populations, including in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, also observe the occasion.[12]

Mon National Day is marked with literature competitions, photo exhibitions, traditional boxing competitions, and traditional songs and dances performed by a popular Mon drama troupes and other cultural shows.[13][14] Traditional Mon musical instruments, food and handicrafts are also sold during festivities.[13] During the festivities, many celebrants don traditional Mon outfits, consisting of red-colored longyis and white tops.[15]

Gallery

  • ဗီုစၟတ်သမ္တီ တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန် ပွိုၚ်တိုက် မရနုက်ကဵု (၇၁) ဝါ ဌာနကွာန်ဟံၚ်ဂါမ်.jpg
  • ဗီုကွာ်မံၚ်ကရောမ်ပၞာန်တ္ၚဲကောန်ဂကူမန်မရနုက်ကဵု(၇၃)ဝါကွာန်ဟံၚ်ဂါမ်.jpg
  • Mon-National-Day-2019-Thai-Mon3.jpg
  • Mon-National-Day-2019-Thai-Mon8.jpg
  • Mon-National-Day-2019-Thai-Mon4.jpg
  • Mon-National-day-2019-thai-Mon1.jpg
  • Mon-National-Day-2019-Thai-Mon6.jpg
  • Mon-National-Day-2019-Thai-Mon7.jpg
  • Mon National Day 2006 .jpg
  • Mon National Day 62 Denmark.jpg
  • Mon National Day 73rd Central .jpg
  • 71 anniversary of mon national day.jpg

References

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