A web documentary by Carine Jaquet and Mikaël Ferloni

Produced by MkF éditions

Chief operator and videos:

Alice Desplats, assisted by Rodolphe Chauvin
Editing :

Alice Desplats and Mikael Ferloni
Graphic creation, webdesign and integration :

Nils Brière
Logo and One Myanmar font :

Claire Mauchin
Additional editing:

Vanessa Giangrande
Jingle :

Maxime Bigot
Theme song :

Geoffroy Houssin
Translation and English subtitles :

Pauline Plancq
Translation and Burmese subtitles :

Min Taw
Additional photographs :

Rodolphe Chauvin, Michelangelo Pignani, Htet Maung Oo

Millions of thanks to Saya Renaud for sharing his knowledge from Myitkyina, to Naypyitaw; to Maël and Romain for their enthusiasm and their useful comments; to Michel Baumgartner for his rigorous corrections on spelling and style, very useful when you are typing with a QWERTY keyboard; to Thusitha Perera for his attentive proof reading; to Pyae Sone and Min Taw for their kindness, good mood and help at any time ; to Jessica and Max for their hospitality ; and eventually to our friends who believed, followed and contributed to One Myanmar’s adventure !

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IDENTITY

General Aung San, hero and martyr of the Burmese independence, considered that Burma should embody “unity in diversity”.

Behind the appearance of a geographically and politically unified country, Myanmar reveals a much more complicated reality. Indeed, the current government officially recognizes 135 ethnic groups in a country of a slightly larger size than France. The majority of the 51.5 million inhabitants are from the Bamar ethnic group. The ethnic minorities represent approximately one third of the total population, and they mainly live in the hills of the remote border regions. The languages, beliefs, customs and values systems of these ethnic groups are different from the Bamar model. To unify this multi-ethnic mosaic, military governments have tried to proclaim the Bamar model as the unique one. In these conditions, what does it mean to be a Burmese today? And what sense of belonging may the citizens feel, living in such a composite reality?

General Aung San, hero and martyr of the Burmese independence, considered that Burma should embody “unity in diversity”. Behind the appearance of a geographically and politically unified country, Myanmar reveals a much more complicated reality. Indeed, the current government officially recognizes 135 ethnic groups in a country of a slightly larger size than France. The majority of the 51,5million inhabitants are from the Bamar ethnic group. The ethnic minorities represent approximately one third of the total population, and they mainly live in the hills of the remote border regions. The languages, beliefs, customs and values systems of these ethnic groups are different from the Bamar model. To unify this multi-ethnic mosaic, military governments have tried to proclaim the Bamar model as the unique one. In these conditions, what does it mean to be a Burmese today? And what sense of belonging may the citizens feel, living in such a composite reality?

A web documentary by Carine Jaquet and Mikaël Ferloni

Produced by MkF éditions

Legal notices

Website property rights

IDENTITY

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