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But some media reports say that there are more than 3,000 entertainment venues such as karaoke places, massage parlours or nightclubs where there are sex workers, and that there are an estimated five sex workers in each venue. Accurate figures of the number of sex workers are difficult to come by. Prostitution in Myanmarĭespite the fact that prostitution is illegal in Myanmar, many women are in the sex trade because of the difficulties making decent money doing anything else. Activist Liz Hilton added: "It's an extremely strong message in Burmese and in all Southeast Asian culture. So this is your chance to use your Panty Power to take away the power from them. They believe that contact with a woman's panties or sarong can rob them of their power. The group's website explains: The Burma military regime is not only brutal but very superstitious.

And Lanna Action for Burma hope their "Panties for Peace" campaign will help oust the oppressive rulers who ruthlessly crushed recent democracy protests. The Daily Mail reported: “Burma's iron-fisted - yet superstitious - military junta believe touching lady's underwear will "rob them of power", organisers say. It is widely rumoured that, before a foreign envoy visits Burma, an article of female underwear or a piece of a pregnant woman's sarong is hidden in the ceiling of the visitor's hotel suite, to weaken their hpoun and thus their negotiating position. The generals may indeed subscribe to this belief. In 2007 one Thai-based group launched a global 'panties for peace' campaign, in which supporters were encouraged to send women's underwear to Burmese embassies, in the hope that contact with such garments would weaken the regime's hpoun, or spiritual power. It is widely believed in Myanmar that if a man comes in contact with a woman's panties or sarong they can rob him of his power.

There is a superstition in Myanmar that contact with women’s garments, especially underwear, can sap men of their strength. When drying underwear, do it in a discreet place and don’t hang it so it is head level or above as it is regarded as dirty and uncouth for part of the lower body to be higher than the head. If you wash them yourself do so in a bucket, don’t do it in the sink. If you have some laundry done at a guesthouse, some people make take offense to washing your under garments. Never raise your underwear above your head. Underwear can be a sensitive topic in Myanmar.

Today condoms and ticklers old on the streets of Yangon.Įven though the military government passed a decree in early 1999 forbidding women from working at bars as pat of a campaign against prostitution, something the military government is adamantly against, there are los of prostitutes in Chinatown. Parents can't control their kids so strictly anymore."Ĭondoms were banned until 1993. A 1997 English language tourist brochure referred to Burma as "The Land of Virgins and the Restful Nights" and said its "trademark" virgins are famous for their "clear skin." But things are changing "Traditionally there was a big value on virginity," one magazine editor told the Los Angeles Times. Virginity has traditionally been greatly prized in modest Burma-Myanmar.