Mya Chay Gyin Ma Ngwe Myaing

Mya Chay Gyin Ma Ngwe Myaing (Burmese: မြခြေချင်းမငွေမြိုင်, pronounced [mja̰ tɕʰè dʑɪ́ɰ̃ maʔ ŋwè mjàɪɰ̃] lit. 'Emerald Anklet Ma Ngwe Myaing'; born Ngwe Hlaing; 1894–1959) was a Burmese dance performer of the twentieth century, in the tradition of Ma Htwe Lay.[1] She is said to be a mother of the Mandalay's third dramatic arts era.[1]

In this Burmese name, Ma is an honorific, not a surname.
Mya Chay Gyin Ma Ngwe Myaing
Born
Ngwe Hlaing

1894
Obo ward, Kyimyindaing Township, Rangoon, British Burma
Died1959 (1960) (aged 65)
Shanpwe ward, Mandalay
NationalityBurmese
OccupationA prominent Burmese dance performer
Years active1906 – 1934
Spouse(s)Ko Ko Gyi
Partner(s)Aung Si Bala  • Ba Hlaing  • Po Sein  • Sein Beda
Children(adopted)
Maung Maung (son)
Sein Sein (daughter)

Unlike her contemporary dancers– Awba Thaung and Liberty Ma Mya Yin who were anyeint dancers– Ma Ngwe Myaing was a zat pwe dancer.[2]

Biography

Early life

Ngwe Hlaing was born in 1894 to U Aung Ba and Daw Nyein Zan at Obo ward, Kyimyindaing Township, Rangoon, and had ten siblings.[3]

Being passionate about singing and dancing, her father made her learn traditional dance when she was nine.[3]

Career as a dancer

After studying for three years, she started her own career as a dance performer with the stage name Mya Chay Gyin Ma Ngwe Myaing at Mandalay.[4]

At her age 19, she entered into the anyeint industry. But after two years, she transferred to her original career– zat dancer.[2]

Her most-partnered duet dancer was Aung Si Bala. She also partnered with Sein Oak, Ba Lun, Ba Tun and Ba Hlaing in duet dance. She and the Great Po Sein were also popular partners. But her duet-dancing style preferred the audience to her partners. Her climax of popularity was when she danced with Ba Hlaing and Sein Beda at her age 30.[2]

Shwe Man Tin Maung was one of her students.[5]

Later life

At her age 40, she retired from the dance performer, and started her life as an agent of Naga Daw Oo's Naga cigar chain.[3]

Ma Ngwe Myaing died on 20 September 1959 in Mandalay.[3]

Works

Her Aung Bala style dance was renowned.[2]

She performed well-known songs composed by YMB Saya Tin, Nandawshe Saya Tin and Sagaing Saya Kyi[6] such as Shwe Kyee Nyo (The Golden Crow), Sandaku Myaing, Arkarthazoe and Saungdawku,[7][8] and in stage plays, including "The History of Shwethalyaung Temple", "Phawt Phyu Mg Yaw", "Chaepawa Tahtaung Mg Me Gaung", "Aṅgulimāla" and "Hathtilinga".

Family

She married to sub-inspector Ko Ko Gyi at 21, but had no children. So she adopted one son and a daughter named Maung Maung and Sein Sein respectively.[2]

See also

References
  1. "သတင်းကြီးသည့်မင်းသမီးမထွေးလေး အတ္ထုပ္ပတ္တိ". mdep.moe.edu.mm.
  2. Daw (Ludu), Amar (July 1974). ပြည်သူချစ်သော အနုပညာသည်များ (4th ed.). Ludu-Kyee-Bwa-Yay. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. "ဇာတ်သဘင်လောကရဲ့ မိခင်ကြီး မြချေကျင်းမငွေမြိုင် - Thutazone". www.thutazone.net.
  4. "ရတနာ့ ဂူပွဲတော်". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese).
  5. "Alinga Kyaw Swa Shwe Man Tin Maung". mdep.moe.edu.mm.
  6. "နန်းတော်ရှေ့ဆရာတင်၏ သီချင်းငါးပုဒ် မူပိုင်ခွင့် မဟာမြတ်မုနိဘုရားကြီး ဂေါပကအဖွဲ့သို့ လှူဒါန်း". 7Day News - ၇ ရက်နေ့စဉ် သတင်း.
  7. မြန်မာ့စွယ်စုံကျမ်း: (tū (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘာသာပြန်စာပေအသင်း. 1954.
  8. "စန္ဒကူးမြိုင်(မြခြေကျင်းမငွေမြိုင်) (Sandakuu Myaing (Mya Chay Chin Ma Ngwe Myaing) - သဘင် Chords - Chordify". chordify.net.
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