10 Things to Buy From Myanmar

If you’re planning to go to Myanmar, then you must know that it’s one of the richest cultures that Myanmar has to offer. It’s also the right and pleasant place for travelers to experience many unique and valued items.

Here are following things to buy when you’re in Myanmar:

1.   Sand Paintings

Myanmar is popular for sand paintings. Through sand art, the tourists image and discover the replica of yester era, the cultural life and people of Myanmar or even Buddha

2.   Tapestries

Tapestries art is present in Myanmar for a really long time. Tapestries can also be seen in many items in life; the visitors can buy beautiful chic handbags as gifts when coming back to the hometown

3.   Arts and Crafts

Myanmar is rich in culture and has preserved antique arts and culture. The beautiful architecture is portrayed on many gifts as palm leaves, wall murals, parchment and also global painters’ community

4.   Lacquer ware

If you’re interested in buying some lacquer ware, then you’ll get a vast collection of well-made lacquer bowls, trays, vases, plates and boxes in both traditional and modern designs which describe the lives in Buddha

5.   Longyi

Longyi is a long wrap around skirt which is a traditional Burmese skirt worn by both the genders in Myanmar. This traditional wear is also known as “Pasu” which is worn by men and “Htamein” when worn by women

6.   Lotus Silk Shawls and Scarves

If you wish to take some gifts back home from Myanmar, then lotus silk shawls and scarves are the best things for it. This lotus silk is a very beautiful, lavish and it usually cost a budget as buying more than one thousand flowers and takes two weeks to make a piece of scarf

7.   Marble Carving

Marble carvings are another type of popular art which is a part of Burmese culture for about 200 years. This marble source is extracted from saqyin Hill and carved into statues and stone slabs

8.   Tamarind Flakes

Myanmar is also very popular for its cuisines. If you’re in Myanmar, don’t forget to taste tamarind flakes, a unique sweet and sour taste that comes from tamarind. However, it’s the unusual local sweet that you’re not likely to find anywhere else in Myanmar, other than Bagan

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