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.
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Some people say the costumes are inspired by Lanna culture, so I’d like to point out some historical context. Lanna came under Burmese rule in 1558, and Burmese rule over Chiang Mai ended in 1774–1775, while the Yadanarbon era began in 1853
If you wanna steal At least @GMMTV Research Myanmar’s history before using our culture. That’s a Htaingmathein from the Yadanabon era, not Taungoo era attire from Lanna. Cultural appropriation matters.
Would Thai ppl be okay if we did the same to Thai culture?
#ScarletHeartTH
ဒီဇာတ်လမ်းတွဲအတွက် ပြင်ဆင်ဖို့ သူတို့မှာ အချိန် ၃ နှစ်အပြည့် ရှိခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါဟာ တကယ့် ထိုင်းယဉ်ကျေးမှုကို ပြသဖို့ အခွင့်အရေးကောင်းတစ်ခုပါပဲ။ ဒါပေမဲ့ ဇာတ်လမ်းခေါင်းစဉ်က "ထိုင်းဗားရှင်း" လို့ တိတိကျကျ ဖော်ပြထားလျက်နဲ့ ဘာကြောင့် မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှုကို ခိုးယူသုံးစွဲရတာလဲဆိုတာ ကျွန်ုပ် နားမလည်နိုင်ပါဘူး။ ဘာလို့ ဒီလိုလုပ်ရတာလဲ ဒီလုပ်ရပ်က ထုတ်လုပ်ရေးကုမ္ပဏီနဲ့ ထုတ်လုပ်သူတွေအနေနဲ့ တခြားယဉ်ကျေးမှုတွေကို လုံးဝ ဂရုမစိုက်ဘူး၊ လေးစားမှုလည်း မရှိဘူးဆိုတာကို ပြသနေပါတယ်။ @GMMTV@Giggoo_@ScarletHeartTH
They had a full 3 years to prepare for this series. It was a great opportunity to show authentic Thai culture. But I can't understand why they had to steal and use Myanmar culture when the title clearly states 'Thai version'. Why did they do this??? This action shows that the production company and producers completely do not care about or respect other cultures
พวกเขามีเวลาเตรียมตัวเต็มๆ ถึง 3 ปีสำหรับซีรีส์เรื่องนี้ นี่เป็นโอกาสที่ดีมากในการเผยแพร่วัฒนธรรมไทยที่แท้จริง แต่ฉันไม่เข้าใจเลยว่า ทำไมทั้งๆ ที่ชื่อเรื่องก็ระบุไว้อย่างชัดเจนว่าเป็น 'เวอร์ชันไทย' แต่กลับต้องไปขโมยเอาวัฒนธรรมพม่ามาใช้? ทำไมถึงทำแบบนี้??? การกระทำนี้แสดงให้เห็นว่า บริษัทผู้ผลิตและโปรดิวเซอร์ไม่ได้ใส่ใจหรือเคารพวัฒนธรรมอื่นๆ เลยแม้แต่น้อย
GMMTV RESPECT OUR CULTURE
#RespectMyanmarCulture
#CreditOurHeritage
#ScarletHeartTH
Myanmar is not fictional. Our history, culture, and heritage are real. We demand respect, recognition, and proper credit for our cultural heritage. Respect is not optional. Give credit where credit is due
GMMTV, RESPECT MYANMAR CULTURE!
#RespectMyanmarCulture#CreditOurHeritage