The global reach of #ScarletHeartTH makes this cultural concern too important to ignore. When traditional garments appear in an internationally anticipated series, viewers deserve accurate context about their origins and significance. Cultural elements should not be presented without careful consideration of the heritage they may represent.
We call on @GMMTV to respond to the concerns raised by Myanmar people with transparency and respect. We seek a clear explanation of the costume designs’ inspiration, appropriate acknowledgment of any Myanmar cultural references, and responsible representation of our traditions.
Silence does not resolve cultural concerns. Open communication and accountability are necessary to build understanding and trust.
We Demand a Clear Explanation and an Official Response from GMMTV.
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Lanna has its own rich cultural heritage. The use of Myanmar’s Konbaung-era royal court attire in a Lanna-based series raises important questions about cultural accuracy and representation. @GMMTV, we demand an official explanation and proper acknowledgment of the attire’s cultural origins.
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Htamein Thaing is a traditional style of dress from Myanmar’s Yadanabon Era and is a distinctive part of Myanmar’s cultural heritage. In Miss Universe 2022, Myanmar’s representative wore Htamein Thaing as her national costume, showcasing Myanmar’s traditional attire on the international stage.
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Respect the origins. Acknowledge the culture. Protect the heritage. Myanmar’s historical traditions deserve nothing less.
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As a Myanmar person and a Rakhine person, I am deeply angry and disappointed. The traditional Rakhine oil lamp dance is a sacred cultural performance offered with reverence to the Buddha. It is not a dance meant to entertain men. This dance carries deep religious and cultural significance for our people. Please do not misrepresent our traditions. We deserve respect, proper acknowledgment, and a clear explanation.
မြန်မာလူမျိုးတစ်ယောက်အနေနဲ့ရော ရခိုင်လူမျိုးတစ်ယောက်အနေနဲ့ပါ အလွန်ဒေါသထွက်ပြီး စိတ်ပျက်မိပါတယ်။ ရခိုင်ရိုးရာ ဆီမီးခွက်အကဟာ ဗုဒ္ဓမြတ်စွာဘုရားကို ရိုသေကြည်ညိုစွာ ပူဇော်ကပြတဲ့ မြင့်မြတ်တဲ့ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုအကတစ်ခု ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အမျိုးသားတွေကို ဖျော်ဖြေဖို့ ရည်ရွယ်ထားတဲ့အက မဟုတ်ပါဘူး။
ဒီအကဟာ ကျွန်မတို့လူမျိုးအတွက် ဘာသာရေးနဲ့ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဆိုင်ရာ အဓိပ္ပာယ်နက်ရှိုင်းစွာ ရှိပါတယ်။ ကျွန်မတို့ရဲ့ ရိုးရာဓလေ့တွေကို မှားယွင်းစွာ မဖော်ပြပါနဲ့။ ကျွန်မတို့ဟာ လေးစားမှု၊ မှန်ကန်တဲ့ အသိအမှတ်ပြုမှုနဲ့ ရှင်းလင်းတဲ့ ရှင်းပြချက်ကို ရထိုက်ပါတယ်။
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Myanmar’s traditional attire and the peacock symbol featured in the series are meaningful elements of our cultural heritage. We urge GMMTV to respect their cultural significance, acknowledge their origins, and ensure they are represented accurately. Please provide a clear explanation and give Myanmar’s cultural heritage the recognition and respect it deserves.
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Staying silent without offering a proper solution is disrespectful to the fans. Please listen to the Myanmar fan, who have shown true love for your artists. Misusing a country's culture is truly shameful @GMMTV
Since SCHTH is set in the Lanna context, could the production team explain the cultural research & intentions behind the costumes, particularly those that strongly resemble Yadanabon-era attire?
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A Response to Those Bringing Myanmar’s Political Situation Into This Discussion
Myanmar’s current political situation should never be used to dismiss or undermine the voices of its people when they speak up for their cultural heritage. Despite the challenges our country faces, we still have every right to value our history, protect our traditions, and ask for our culture to be represented with proper understanding and respect.
A country’s struggles do not erase its history or diminish the value of its cultural identity. Speaking up for our heritage does not mean we are ignoring the difficulties our people are facing. These are two separate matters, and one should never be used to invalidate the other.
Please keep the discussion focused on cultural representation rather than using Myanmar’s circumstances to discredit the concerns of its people. We are simply asking for our heritage to be treated with respect and for the questions raised to be properly addressed.
@GMMTV@ScarletHeartTH , we are still waiting for a proper response and meaningful action.
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Culture is more than a costume. It carries the history, identity, and stories of a people.
When cultural elements are used in entertainment, acknowledging their origins is not too much to ask — it is a matter of respect.
Myanmar’s cultural heritage deserves recognition, not confusion or silence.
We are not asking for conflict. We are asking for respect, accurate representation, and accountability.
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“ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဆိုတာ ဝတ်စုံတစ်စုံထက် ပိုပါတယ်။ လူမျိုးတစ်မျိုးရဲ့ သမိုင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အမှတ်အသားနဲ့ ဇာတ်ကြောင်းတွေကို သယ်ဆောင်ထားတာပါ။ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဆိုင်ရာ အစိတ်အပိုင်းတွေကို ဖျော်ဖြေရေးမှာ အသုံးပြုတဲ့အခါ မူလရင်းမြစ်ကို အသိအမှတ်ပြုဖို့ တောင်းဆိုတာဟာ အလွန်အကျွံတောင်းဆိုတာမဟုတ်ဘဲ လေးစားမှုရဲ့ အခြေခံပါ ”@GMMTV