Honoring and Presenting Awards: Kayah State CM delivered a speech of honor

A ceremony to honour and present awards to the prize winners and contestants who represented Kayah State at the 27th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions (Central Level) was held at the State Hall in Loikaw this morning.

Kayah State Chief Minister U Ant Maw attended the ceremony and delivered an address. He then presented cash awards to the prize winners and additional cash prizes to the gold medalists. The State Minister for Social Affairs and a gold medalist accepted the awards on behalf of the recipients.

Next, the Kayah State Minister for Social Affairs shared the contestants’ experiences at the competition, and a gold medalist expressed words of thanks on behalf of the award winners.

The audience then enjoyed a traditional Kayah ethnic dance performance accompanied by the song “Kya Kyae Bru” (Dancing for Unity), as well as a musical performance by a gold medalist from the basic education level (ages 15–20) violin competition.

A video clip featuring the performances of contestants representing Kayah State at the 27th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions (Central Level) was then shown. A luncheon was also hosted in honour of the contestants and award winners, it was reported.