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Inle orchids on display
(Volume 26, No. 513)
THE second Inle orchid festival will be held from April 3-5 in Nyaungshwe, Shan State, featuring more than 200 different orchids from 19 local species, organisers said last week.
More than 3000 kinds of flowers and plants will also be on display at the festival, to be held at May Haw Nann Hotel in Nyaungshwe.
The festival is organised by the Taunggyi Zone Hoteliers Association in collaboration with the Myanmar Hoteliers Association (MHA) and the Union of Myanmar Travel Association (UMTA).
Secretary of the Taunggyi Zone Hoteliers Association, U Aung Kyaw Moe, said the festival aims to preserve rare local orchid species while at the same time expand the orchid market.
“The show will feature five exhibition booths; the main booth and four regional booths, including Taunggyi, Kalaw, Pindaya and Nyaungshwe,” he said.
“The 87 hotels from these four regions will participate and contribute native orchids from Shan State to show at their respective exhibition booths,” he said, adding that the festival will be held from 8am to 6pm over the three days.
The opening day will feature group dances from various Shan ethnic sub-groups, including the Danu, Palaung, Akha, and Intha. As well as the orchid booths, the festival will feature more than 50 stalls selling costumes, musical instruments and other traditional goods.
U Aung Kyaw Moe, who is also the vice chairman of the Inle Myanmar Orchids Exhibition’s working committee, said organisers were hoping to beat last year’s attendance figure.
“We are hoping to attract double the number of visitors this year. Last year there were about 30,000 local visitors and 2813 foreigners,” he said.
