Dr Maung Maung Nyo
We have to race from San Choung
To reach the Sedona at Inya Kan Baung
In the early morning of New Year Eve
We are to be present as the parents of Ei.
(The Sedona Hotel on Kaba-Aye Pagoda Road Opposite the Inya Kan Baung)
Driver Saw Hlaing drives very fast
The car races like a swift arrow shaft
Buildings, bushes, pagodas and parks past
We feel horses galloping in our heart.
(Bride and Groom Marching to the Reception Hall)
We are the first to arrive at the Hotel
Every thing in and around is new and novel
Our satisfaction as the place of reception is total
It’s one of the best in Yangon for reception as local.
( Bride Ei and Groom Aung Myo Kyaw Walking the Aisle)
Ei arrives with her retinues later
Her beauty and boon has grown greater
Groom’s parents and relatives have pampered her
She is treated now like a princess from afar.
( Bride and Groom with Maids of Honor and Best Men)
I’m given new clothes and flowers to wear
My better half joins her daughter to deliver
Her love and latest suggestion for reception
She always is fond of every thing in perfection.
(Mothers of Bride and Groom Doing the Makeup)
By 8 O’ Clock the male parents are fully dressed
We sit at the balcony, walk and chat
About our children, careers and interests in life
He is a fan of my writings talking me as his guide.
(The Bride Like a Princess Sits in the Makeup Chamber)
Ladies are still wearing their makeup
When a friend came up and bade us
To welcome our guests arriving one by one
We climb down to greet them as warm as warm.
( Th Newly Wed with a Child Companion)
By 9.30 AM most guests have arrived in the hall
Doctors, writers, engineers, teachers and all
Rectors Ko Ko Gyi and Myo Thwe , Brigadiers Mya Thein Han and Win Tin
Writers Paragu, Tekkatho Sein Tin and Seint of education grin.
(Col. Dr Ko Ko Gyi and Wife in the Centre Stage Before Going Out)
( Professor Dr Myo Thwe and Wife Saying Good Bye to Dr MMN)
( Doctors and Engineers Saying Good Bye to Dr MMN)
( Professors Hla Yee Yee and Saw Eik Yong Saying Good Bye to Bride and Parents)
Then the bride and groom walk hand in hand
Wearing royal Burmese dresses and jewels grand
Accompanied by the bright maids and best men
Photographer and video takers supplement the trend.
( Groom Aung and Bride Ei with Dagon Taryar's Poem)
The bride and groom are taken to the stage
Graced by a poem written by Dagon Taryar, the sage
Every one is amazed by his poem in frame on stand
It’s the most conspicuous element in the wedding trend.
( L to R: U Thein Kyaw, DG U Nyunt Maung San, His Wife with Bride and Groom
on Stage)
Master of ceremony initiates the wedding reception
Names of bride, groom and parents told in succession
DG U Nyunt Maung San and wife gracing the occasion
They garlanded the newly wed with precision.
( The Bride Serving the First Meal to the Groom on Stage)
Then Yi Yi Thant and vocalists sing Burmese songs
Waiters and waitresses bring Chinese food with tongs
Every one is encouraged to enjoy the Chinese food
It’s specially ordered and authentically cooked.
( The Newly Wed and Their Parents on Stage)
People enjoy the eating while listening to singing
They chat with each other and pose for photo bringing
Memories of their weddings and lives with parents of bride
We’re in the centre of attention as doctor writers teachers might.
( The Newly Wed with Their 90-Years Old Grandma)
We file out just before eleven O’ Clock
To see off the departing guests out
We say “Good Bye, good wishes and thanks” aloud
After they have shaken hands with the newly wed proud.
( Poet and Writer Ant Maung (Monywa) Saying Good Bye; Looking on the Left
Are Maung Phone Htet and Dr Thein Nyunt)
Photographs are taken wherever the newly wed go
Video takers also record them throughout the event so
We see the bride and groom radiant with happiness
We’re sure Ei is treated like a fairy tale princess.
(Saya Paragu Graced the Occasion with a walking Stick in the Centre)
It’s a father’s pride and mother’s joy to see
Our daughter has come of age and wife to be
She is now married to Aung with pomp and pageantry
It’s a Mangala nothing else can lift so much buoyancy.
Dr Maung Maung Nyo
19.1.2010 (original)
(In Honor of Ei Sabai Nyo and Aung Myo Kyaw's
Wedding Reception On 31.12.2009, the New Year Eve)
