63rd Anniversary of Mon National Day at Penang, MalaysiaThe Mon kicked off their annual Mon National Day celebration which fell on Saturday, January 30, 2010.
With the Mon celebrations being held under the watchful eyes of the military’s surveillance team in the villages and the larger towns in Mon and Karen State, Tenasserim, and Pegu Division where the Mons live, the thousands of Mon nationals living outside of Burma in the democratic countries around the world, celebrated the event freely in South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.
The Mon refugee and migrant communities in Malaysia, Singapore and Korea took their day off and got together to join cultural events with live rock music, traditional dances and food.
The Mon community on the Thailand Burma border hosted an event with the New Mon State Party President, Nai Htow Mon and the other Thai Mon leaders at Palai Japan village near the Three Pagodas Pass. The Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), a co-ed of smartly dressed women and men in uniforms, staged a military parade and sang the Mon national anthem at the opening session.
Several communities in Thailand - which hosts thousands of Mon migrants - saw several events around the kingdom, including, Samutsakhon, Phuket, Tak, Hatyai, and Ratchburi, Kanchanaburi Provinces.
The Mon National Day in Thailand showed that the Thai-Mon community spirit is alive and kicking during the celebrations which were held a week in advance to the January 30, at the Parchar Mon village in Nong-chang District of Uthai Thani on January 24 with over 6,000 Thai-Mon from over 20 Thai provinces in attendance, according to the Bangkok based Mon Youth Community members.
The Mon have deep roots in the Thailand, as well as in Burma, being among the first of the indigenous peoples with a recorded history that dates back to the Mon Dvāravatī kingdom of Thailand in the sixth century A.D.
In North America; the Monland Restoration Council (MRC-USA) sponsored an event that featured cultural performances, live concerts, Mon food and speeches from the American and Mon community leaders in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States on January 30.
63rd Anniversary of Mon National Day at Fort Wayne, IN USA
The Canadian Mons will host their main celebration on February 6 in Calgary, Alberta.
Source :http://www.kaowao.org/2010news-feb-5.php
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I remember Mon National Day in Forty Wayne. Most population of Mon's in the USA is Fort Wayne, Indiana. I am truly proud to tell people im Mon
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