Myanmar Umbrella and Parasol

When we walk under the rain or the sun we use umbrella because it can’t stop the rain or can’t reduce the sun-ray but can make us stand in this condition. Umbrellas protect us dry and wet weather. The leaf of umbrella can resist wet condition but parasol can’t. Parasol is used for beauty and hot condition. Moreover large umbrellas or parasols are stood on beaches and outside restaurants to protect people from hot sun. Nowadays the using of parasol or umbrella is widely at food stall because food stall culture is popular in urban areas and they are mobile shops. They usually open in the evening until at night. For tasting Myanmar Traditional Food at Yangon and Mandalay food stalls and tea-shops is contain in Yangon and Mandalay Foodie Tour of our LM Travel Myanmar Company. In Myanmar Pathein umbrella is famous for the girls. All pieces of this umbrella are made up of wood and the roof is made up of clothes and is painted with flowers. Pathein parasol is used for dancing, taking beauty photos, modeling Myanmar traditional style, at the ceremony of novitiation and so on. At the present in Yangon and Mandalay decoration of the hanging parasols above the street attracts to the pedestrians. Some lobby of the Hotels and living room of the homes are decorated with large beautiful Pathein Parasols.  But umbrella is not only for artifact but also a significant cachet in Myanmar custom. For example a white umbrella is royal regalia or symbol of power. Ancient Myanmar Kings used white umbrella whatever they went outside the Palace to show his supreme authority. When ordinary people saw the white umbrella they paid respect. Gold umbrella concerns with religious. At the novitiation ceremony the couple of donor and their companion parade along the street, the postulants are under the Gold umbrellas to show the greatness of religious and the beautiful girls take Pathein Parasols. Moreover when a person died who was a donor of ordination, his or her catafalque is placed under the gold umbrellas at the funeral. There are various kinds of umbrella in the market for monks, for men, for women and for children. Monks’ umbrella is produced in Mandalay and Pindaya in Shan State. All pieces are made up of wood but the roof is made up of paper. The color of the roof is brown and can used under the rain. That paper is not produced from bamboo. Studying the Monks’ umbrella workshop contain in Pindaya sightseeing.