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[Leong Wai Kit @LeongWaiKitCNA]

.@ASEANMP, @SpecialCouncil jointly urge @ASEAN chair Philippines to uphold ban of Min Aung Hlaing from attending upcoming ASEAN Summit

This comes as most bloc members appear to soften stance on Myanmar and as Thai FM @SihasakPh visits Naypyidaw

[Johnny Li @seeingmole]

I have Lanna ancestry. I don't think that's the case. I think they just fucked up by taking random things from Burmese culture and mixing it totally up. Then they try to double it down by claiming it's a fantasy land. It's simply a case that they didn't really do proper research.

[Susannah H.M @SusanTun394388]

ငါတို့ နိုင်ငံက ဒီဇိုင်နာတွေတောင် ရှမ်းအဆင်နဲ့ ချိတ်နဲ့မရောဘူး။ အဲဒါတွေက ဖန်တီးနိုင်စွမ်းမရှိလို့မဟုတ်ဘူးနော်၊ တိုင်းရင်းသားတွေရဲ့ရိုးရာ အမှတ်လက္ခဏာ၊ ယဥ်ကျေးမှုကို တန်ဖိုးထားတာ။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသားအချင်းချင်းတောင် respectထားတာသူတို့က လက်လွတ်စပယ်၊ဒါတောင်ဝိုင်းပြောလို့မဟုတ်ရင်မလွယ်ဘူး

[마루즈 포에버 @loser4maruz]

The Luntaya Acheik

Luntaya Acheik is one of Myanmar’s most exquisite traditional textiles, celebrated for its intricate wave-like patterns, vibrant colors, and remarkable craftsmanship.

@UNESCO
#RespectMyanmarCulture
#BurmeseHeritage
#LuntayaAcheik

[Ellis @Ellis_is_here]

@hanyaaadm Huh, girl???

[Ellis @Ellis_is_here]

Why do we have to debate this again? It’s already obvious.

[hanyaaa @hanyaaadm]

These outfits are clearly completely different. The styles, patterns, and designs are nothing alike. Stop misrepresenting Myanmar's historical clothing as Lanna attire.@GMMTV

#ScarletHeartUllavee
#myanmarculture

[Sagittarius _Soe ♐ @Sagittarius493]

မြန်မာ��ိုတာနဲ့ laphet thoke ကို တွဲလျက်သိကြတာနော် အဲဒါကို Thai-Lanna လုပ်ချင်တဲ့ ရပ်ကွက်က ရှိသေး 🤭

[hanyaaa @hanyaaadm]

I watched that series about Myanmar’s history, and there were no such issues. GMMTV is a major company, so why was the research so poor? What kind of costume designer did you hire? @GMMTV

#ScarletHeartUllavee
#myanmarculture

[Nay Ni @NayNi1413028899]

မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာ "ဗျန့်ထမိန်" ရဲ့ ရေသီအနားနဲ့ အထက်ဆင်အပြားကို အရောင်ပြောင်းပြီး ချင်းမိုင်ရိုးရာနဲ့ရောစပ်ထားတာတွေ့ရပါတယ်။ "စိတ်ကူးယဉ် (Fantasy)" ခေါင်းစဉ်အေ���က်မှာမြန်မာ့ရိုးရာ ဝတ်စားဆင်ယင်မှုကို မူရင်း အသိအမှတ်ပြုခြင်းမရှိဘဲရောနှော ပျက်ပြားအောင်မလုပ်ပါနဲ့!

#ScarletHeartUllavee

[Sagittarius _Soe ♐ @Sagittarius493]

2001 တုန်းက ကိုယ့်အဝတ်အစား ကိုယ်ဝတ်ခဲ့ပြီး 2026 ရောက်မှ ဘာဖြစ်လို့ ငါတို့အဝတ်အစားကို ယူဝတ်ချင်ရတာလဲ။ ပုလ္လင်ရောပဲ။

#RespectMyanmarCulture
#ScarletHeartUllavee

[TAYTAWAN Myanmar Fanpage 🌻 @TayTawanMyanmar]

𝐇𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐧 (ထိုင်မသိမ်း) is not simply a name for a traditional Burmese outfit. It refers to a specific garment with its own history, construction, and cultural significance.

Myanmar's traditional clothing evolved across different dynasties, and the styles worn during the early Konbaung period, Amarapura era, and later Yadanabon period were not necessarily the same. Even the cut of a garment, its fastening, its decorative details, and the way it was worn could reflect a particular period and social rank.

Htaingmathein is traditionally understood as a woman's upper garment, worn with a byan htamein (ဗြန့်ထဘီ), rather than a term for the entire ensemble. These distinctions may seem minor to some, but when the terminology is repeatedly used incorrectly, an important part of cultural knowledge can gradually be lost.

This is precisely why historical research matters in period dramas. Traditional clothing is not merely an aesthetic choice; it carries information about the people, period, and culture it represents.

When costumes in #ScarletHeartThailand appear to draw on Myanmar court attire, it raises a legitimate question: were the garments researched according to their historical origins, construction, and period, or were different styles combined simply because they looked suitable for a historical setting?

Lanna and Myanmar share a long and complex history, but historical connections do not make their respective clothing traditions interchangeable. Similarities should be examined in context, and identifiable cultural influences deserve accurate recognition.

Historical fiction allows creative freedom, but creative freedom does not make historical research optional. When a production invests years in developing a period drama, understanding the origins of the clothing used to build its world should be part of that preparation. Otherwise, what is presented as historical atmosphere risks becoming a mixture of cultural references without sufficient historical grounding.

𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨, 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. They deserve more than to be treated as interchangeable costumes.

We sincerely hope @GMMTV and the @ScarletHeartTH production team will provide appropriate acknowledgment of Myanmar's cultural heritage wherever it has been incorporated into the series. If these elements are retained, I hope their origins will be clearly credited in the episodes or accompanying production materials.

#ScarletHeartTH
#BurmeseHtaingmathein

[Ellis @Ellis_is_here]

Rakhine (Arakan) and Lanna are distinct historical and cultural regions.

#ScarletHearthTH #MyanmarCulture

[Hirun(PoaHan era)👮🏻🚓🚨 @AyeMaw30300]

Our culture, our heritage, our traditional festivals, and our traditional costumes all of them are OURS🇲🇲

#Myanmar

[Kai-Z @KaiZmkyk]

Why am I seeing Burmese traditional clothes ????

Most of the characters are wearing Shan culture from Myanmar . But I don’t want to blame because Thai and Shan have similarities.

But these clothes in these pictures are Burmese dresses from Yadanabon Era.

#ScarletHeartTH

[May Poe Ou @MayPoeOu246065]

Every time Myanmar people point out how strikingly similar the costumes in #ScarletHeartTH look to traditional Burmese attire, some Thai fans rush to defend it by saying, “Lanna was once under Burmese rule, so of course our cultures are similar.”

Honestly, that argument is getting ridiculous.

Are you seriously suggesting that because Lanna was once under Burmese rule, you can use Burmese traditional attire from ANY historical period and justify it as cultural similarity?

Myanmar’s traditional clothing has distinct styles across different historical periods. Taungoo-era attire and Yadanabon-era attire are NOT the same. They belong to different periods, with different characteristics. If you cannot even distinguish between them, repeating “our cultures are similar” is not the historical argument you think it is.

If you want to bring up Lanna’s history under Burmese rule, at least look at the historical timeline first. Why does a costume that appears to resemble Burmese attire associated with a much later period show up in a drama set in an earlier historical period? Your argument about Burmese rule does absolutely nothing to answer that question.

And please, spare us the “It’s just a drama” or “Go watch a documentary” excuses. Being a fictional drama does not mean the costume team can ignore historical research. Nor does fiction mean people lose the right to question the use of clothing that bears a striking resemblance to another culture’s traditional attire.

If these costumes genuinely represent Lanna’s historical clothing, then explain the sources. Which historical records were used? Which period do these designs belong to? What references did the costume team actually research?

Myanmar people know our own history. Pointing out the historical periods and distinctive features of our traditional clothing does not mean we are trying to claim someone else’s culture. It means we know our own.

If you are so confident that these costumes were not borrowed from Burmese traditional attire, then provide historical evidence instead of repeating the same excuse to dismiss Myanmar people’s concerns.

Historical connections do not give anyone the right to redefine another culture’s heritage however they please. Learn to distinguish between historical influence and historical accuracy.

#ScarletHeartTH #MyanmarCulture #MyanmarTraditionalCostume
@GMMTV

[May Poe Ou @MayPoeOu246065]

Dragging Myanmar’s civil war, poverty, and migrant workers into a costume debate just to look down on an entire nation is a cheap way to dodge the actual issue.

A country’s struggles do not erase the value of its history and culture.

We know Scarlet Heart Thailand is fiction. But since when does fiction mean costumes are beyond criticism? Just because Thai audiences don’t mistake the outfits for traditional Burmese clothing doesn’t mean Myanmar people have no right to point out the resemblance.

Defend the costumes with historical evidence. Stop using Myanmar people’s suffering to dismiss legitimate cultural concerns. That’s not an argument.

#ScarletHeartTH #MyanmarCulture

[Ellis @Ellis_is_here]

အချိုစားချင် ၊ အိပ်ချင်
တပြိုင်တည်း ခ��စားရ

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

UK condemns a Myanmar military airstrike on a market in Kyauktaw, Rakhine that killed 50 civilians and wounded 60 on Monday. “Attacks on civilians are utterly unacceptable," said Indo-Pacific Minister Baroness Winterton, demanding an end to airstrikes. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[Progressive Voice @PVamplify]

Another junta massacre in #Myanmar.💔

Airstrikes on a market in Kyauktaw, #Rakhine State, killed at least 49 civilians & injured 58.

@ASEAN & the intl. community must hold the junta accountable.

❌ No silence.
❌ No impunity.

More ⤵️
https://t.co/gw5W0919tz

[Thomas van Linge @ThomasVLinge]

Myanmar 🇲🇲: Heavy junta airstrikes have targeted a bridge and a local market in the Kyauktaw township of Rakhine state, as junta troops on the ground have failed to break through the defenses of the Arakan Army.