They are
well dressed and bedecked with
ornaments. All of them assume most
animating postures in consonance
with the performances they are
engaged in.
The earliest evidences of traditional dances
are
revealed from the old records and
the excavated antiques. This shows
that Myanmar dances have been firmly
established in Pyu period. Pyu
instrumental music, vocal music,
dance and choreography reached the
stage of a highly flourished
culture, paving the way to dance
forms of the forthcoming periods in
Myanmar.
These
five bronze figures seemed to
portray a troupe of doebat dancers
-- the dancers accompanied with the
music of flute, cymbal and
double-headed drum.
A stone
relief embossed with a figure of a
dancing couple was also unearthed at
the Myinbarhu Zedi before the Second
World War. The dancing figures on
the votive tablets of Myinbarhu
Pagoda are mentioned in "Votive
Tablets of Burma" part Q, written
and compiled by Thiripyanchi U Mya (Rtd.
Superintendent Archaeological Survey
officer on Special Duty).
Myinbarhu
Pagoda was built by King Duttabaung
(Duttabaung Mingyi). He was also the
founder. Author
Text by U Ye
Htut.
