Our Organization

The Aungzay Institute Inc, will have a Board of Directors which will be the sole policy making body. The Board will appoint the officers of the corporation comprising a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. A Board of Advisors, Patrons and Committees will be selected and appointed by the Board as needed.

Our Patrons

Patrons will consist of eminent Burmese personalities and friends of Myanmar from many countries: scientists, scholars in the national heritage field, high-ranking officials with past experience in international organizations such as the United Nations, and prominent members from the private sector.

A Brief Background

The heritage of a country is its soul and institutional memory and will serve as its hope and inspiration for future generations. We believe it is our duty to preserve and protect our unique cultural traditions and heritage for the sake of present and future generations.
Time is not on our side. Due to the ravages of time and neglect, many priceless national heritage treasures have been lost. Others that remain will slowly be lost forever unless the present generation of concerned citizens and friends take immediate action to preserve them.
The challenging task ahead is to organize existing resources and take the management of our national cultural heritage to the next level of integration.

Our Task Ahead

Our goal is to bring our rich national heritage within easy access to individuals, groups, and communities around the globe and to evolve as an important guide to future generations. To accomplish this goal, we will constantly employ the latest Internet and multimedia technologies to provide the richest possible presentation, experience, and education for all. One important example of this is to provide rich multimedia recordings of live interviews of prominent individuals.

We have to mobilize now to collect, preserve, and transmit our national cultural heritage. We appeal to all Myanmar citizens and friends to join us in this noble cause.

Together with families and communities we will search for ways to adapt to the new environment. Without discarding our traditional values we will find proper balance for the “success” of our modern lives.

Our Focus Areas

We have identified three focus areas:

1. Historical periods - will be divided into six sections representing the six main historical periods of Myanmar:

   1. Pre Bagan Period
   2. Bagan Period
   3. Toungoo Period
   4. Inwa period
   5. Konbaung Period
   6. Colonial Period
   7. Contemporary Period

   Each period will contain history of kings and people, Culture, language, literature, arts. Administration, Dhamma and other belief systems.

2. Major National races

   1. Bama
   2. Chin
   3. Kachin
   4. Karen
   5. Kayah
   6. Mon
   7. Rakhine
   8. Shan

   Each section will present history, Culture, language, literature, arts, belief systems, and Christianity

3. Living Oral Heritage - to be recorded in video interviews (make available in VCD and DVDs)