Music Association to oversee performances during Thingyan

THE Myanmar Music Association (Central) will supervise musicians’ performances during the Myanmar Thingyan Festival to ensure that they are in line with Myanmar cul­ture and traditions.

This Myanmar New Year Thing­yan Festival will be celebrated in all regions and states, districts, town­ships, wards and village-tracts as part of the welcome for the Myan­mar New Year. It has also been an­nounced that the festival will include musical performances.

“The Thingyan Festival will include walking Thingyan events and musical performances nation­wide, including in villages across districts and townships. The Music Association has previously warned all artists from various musical fields to perform in accordance with My­anmar culture and traditions. There are guidelines stating that singing and performances must align with cultural standards, and as there are already music associations in townships across the regions and states, those associations will car­ry out monitoring,” said an official from the Myanmar Music Associa­tion (Central).

The Thingyan Festival will pri­oritize walking Thingyan events na­tionwide, and in addition to perfor­mances by well-known singers, there will be many other programmes highlighting Myanmar’s traditional culture and heritage. — ASH/MKKS