30 : Tai cartoons
Cartoons based on ideas conceived by 'Young Tai'
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1: Attitudes to the Union
2: Reconciliation
3: Shan National Day
4: Ethnic Xylohphone
As the National Convention drew to a close, Than Shwe gave a special rendition of 'Union Blues' on the Ethnic Xylophone at the opening ceremony of the Myanmar Cultural Performing Arts Competition.
5: Political Map of Burma - how the world sees Burma.
6: The Shan in Burma Politics
There is an old Burmese ethnic couple in their drawing-room. The old man, in uniform, is jumping up in a fury shouting. His wife sits trying to placate him. Their daughter ('Democracy') is sitting to one side crying with disappointment. By her side her Shan boyfriend has come to ask for her hand in marriage and has brought a tray of eight presents - the 8 states of Federalism. The Shan boy asks himself, "to stay and marry, or to turn and go away?"
7: Divide & Rule (done differently between colonial times and present time)
8: The Unfair Party (curry days)
9. Natural Law in Burma
The first pot represents 12th Feb. 1947, Panglong Agreement, now called Union Day. The Shan, Kachin and Chin who signed the Panglong Agreement with the Burman helped to achieve independence. The Burman is in the pot calling for help and they are pulling him out of the boiling water.
The second pot represents 2nd March 1962 when the Burman seized military control, abolished the Panglong Agreement and stopped the Federal Movement. The Burman is pushing the Shan, Kachin and Chin into the pot.
The third pot represents the condition today in Burma; 12th Feb. 2008, the 61st Union Day when the whole of Burma have become victims of the 'King of Hell and Chaos'. All ethnic groups are being pushed into the pot by the SPDC.
10. The History of Burma
