After scholarship awards were handed out in front of the council…
and some young men performed the national anthem (which seemed more like karaoke, as they were acting like rock musicians on stage…they were having a lot of fun!)…
…there was a procession of first the mothers (the older women wear the orange headdress)…
…and then the girls, with their more colorful headdress…
…the boys, playing instruments….
…and the young children…
Everyone else watched….
…as the girls lined up on stage for their performance…
…dancing to a song about the importance of education…
ChiChi told me they were spelling out the word, education (in their own language, of course), with their hand movements…
When the performance ended, it was regrettably time for us to leave.
Next stop…Pindaya Caves.
Location:Shan State, Myanmar
