Yangon’s Historic Bogyoke Aung San Market to Celebrate Centenary in October

YANGON’S historic Bo­gyoke Aung San Market will mark its 100^th anni­versary with a five-day festival from 7 to 11 Octo­ber, open daily from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, organizer Ma Chaw Su Htwe an­nounced at a press brief­ing yesterday.

Aiming to showcase the landmark’s coloni­al-era architecture to younger generations, bridge different age groups, and connect local MSMEs, the festival has been in preparation for four months and is rough­ly 80 per cent complete.

Key highlights in­clude a live five-day creation of a 20-by-10- foot painting, handicraft workshops, historical fashion shows span­ning three eras, ethnic costume photo booths, design competitions, and a rare display of Myanmar’s vintage for­tune-telling weighing scale. The festival will host 111 retail stalls of­fering traditional silk, cotton, tea, regional specialties, and reli­gious items, along with 32 healthy food stalls. Organizers expect tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of daily visi­tors, with live entertain­ment planned for fami­lies, youth, and foreign tourists. — MT/ST