Union Ministry for Ethnic Affairs Donates 3.5 Million Ks for 72nd Mon National Day (Central) Celebration

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Union Ministry for Ethnic Affairs Donates 3.5 Million Ks for 72nd Mon National Day (Central) Celebration

Mon News Agency, 29 Jan 2019

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The Union-level Ministry of Ethnic Affairs has donated 3.5 million Kyats for the 72nd annual celebration of Mon National Day (Central), which will take place in Bago Capital, Bago Region this year.

The 72nd Mon National Day (central) Organizing Committee received the donation at a meeting with Nai Thet Lwin, the Union Minister for Ethnic Affairs on January 21 in Naypyitaw.

The 72nd Mon National Day (Central) Organizing Committee also had a meeting led by the Karen Ethnic Affairs Minister at the Bago Region Government Office, on January 22, according to Min Banyar Nyan Htun, general secretary of 72nd Mon National Day (Central) Organizing Committee.

The central three-day celebration of the 72nd Mon National Day will be held in the Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda compound in Bago Capital, starting February 20. On the morning of the event, three groups of marching bands will march from three different places. The parade will be followed by a Mon flag ceremony. In the evening, there will be talks, Mon heritage dances, a modern music performance, and a choral dance performance.

According to the 72nd Mon National Day Organizing Committee, 120 million Kyat was allocated as a budget for the 72nd celebration of the Mon National Day (Central).