The opening ceremony of 24th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competition was held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre-II (MICC-II) in Nay Pyi Taw on October 24.

It was attended by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, the Council Joint Secretary, council members and their wives, Union level officials and officials among others.

At the ceremony, the Senior General, Vice-Senior General and Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture U Tin Oo Lwin unveiled the signboard of the competition.

The Senior General expressed his pride in the existence of Myanmar’s religious advice, high cultural customs, subtle fine arts and own national culture alongside its prolonged history according to the mental and physical cultural heritage evidence, literary evidence and contemporary records of  neighbouring countries and origins of firm Myanmar with national integrity and prestige.

The ceremony aims to uplift national prestige and integrity and to preserve the cultural heritage and national characteristics, to discover, preserve and uplift the traditional cultural heritage of performing arts of ethnic nationals and national cultural characteristics, to preserve traditional cultural performing arts in order to further revitalize adoration of the State and hand it down to new generation youths and to contribute much to the restoration of perpetual peace.