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The chinlone festival is a chance for the players to make their offering to the Buddha by playing chinlone. Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics. By the end of the Southeast Asian Games, Myanmar had successfully showcased its new modernity, with chinlone at the forefront. Each player on a chinlone team is equally necessary, all the time - unlike most team sports. These ball games are as follows:

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Mystic Ball Chinlone Camp

Views Read Edit View history. These ball games are as follows: It's considered a great honor to receive tips in the circle.

The ball is woven from rattan, and makes a distinctive clicking sound when kicked that is part of the aesthetic of the game. These rules forced chinlone into being more competitive, and the first official chinlone competition was held in Yangon that same year.

It is non-competitive, with typically six people playing together as one team. The ball used is normally made from handwoven rattanwhich sounds like a basket when hit. Use the HTML below. Photos Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Your speed, agility and coordination will improve. After Myanmar's independence from British colonial rule inmany British influences and cultural practices lingered, including British sports such as polo.

It develops cardiovascular health and stamina. This is when you get to do any fancy moves you know and try any of the new moves you've learned during the individual sessions.

Though it is very much a team sport, there is no competition, no winners and no losers.

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Another bakl they show their appreciation is by sending small tips of money to be pinned on the back of the player's shirts — during chinone game. This was controversial, since other countries could not adequately compete in a sport that is unique to only Myanmar.

Chinlone and the construction of sport in post-colonial Myanmar, Sport in Society: Start your free trial. Articles containing Burmese-language text Commons category link is on Wikidata. In addition to the original form of chinlone, there is a single performance style. Was this review helpful to you?

Mystic Ball follows Greg Hamilton, the filmmaker, deep into the culture of chinlone, Myanmar's traditional sport. Our Favorite Trailers of the Week.

The movements have a strangeness, beauty and grace that is difficult to describe. As the players respond to the music, the musicians accent the kicks musically with drums chinkone cymbals. You will naturally absorb a lot of this just from seeing the playing up close, especially at the festival.

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From the s and onward, there was a big governmental push for traditional and historical preservation. All serious players experience an intensely focused state of mind, similar to that achieved in Zen meditation, which they refer to as jhana.

Bychinlone teams were performing in balll of Europe and Asia. This form of chinlone is called tapandaing. Mysfic you can feel the whole audience holding it's breath — as a player pulls off an extraordinary move or makes an almost impossible save to keep the ball alive.

Past British colonialism still weighed heavily upon Burmese life. But the moments when everything comes together are intense and magical. I continue to learn new moves and to refine ones I already know. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends.