Sin Kho Ma Lay | |
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 Sin Kho Ma Lay c. 1870 | |
| Born | Ma Hmyin 1852 Burma |
| Died | 1930 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | Royal court dancer |
| Spouse(s) | Le Daw Oak of Taungdwingy Prince of Yanaung Maung Ba |
| Children | Nyar Bwar and Thet Hter (with Le Daw Oak) Htwe Tin (with Maung Ba) Ma Pu (adopted) |
Sin Kho Ma Lay (Burmese: ဆင်ခိုးမလေး; pronounced [sʰɪɴ gó mɑ lé]; lit. 'the little maid carried away on an elephant'; born Ma Hmyin; 1852 – 1930)[1] was a Burmese court dancer, best known during the late Konbaung era.[2]
She was so favoured by the Chief Queen Supayalat that a royal verbal order came out in those days that there should be no court dancers in the country other than Sin Kho Ma Lay.[3] Her only contemporary court dancer was Yindaw Ma Lay who led the royal court dramas prior to her. They both are said to be the mothers of the Mandalay's first dramatic arts era.[4]
- ^ "ဆင်ခိုးမလေး?". www.lostfootsteps.org (in Burmese).
- ^ Maṅʻ (Moṅʻ), Khaṅʻ (1987). စာတမ်းငယ် စာပေစာတမ်းများ (in Burmese). စာပေဗိမာန်.
- ^ မြန်မာ့စွယ်စုံကျမ်း (in Burmese). မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘာသာပြန်စာပေအသင်း. 1954.
- ^ "ပဒေသရာဇ်ခြေတော်တင် ပါရမီရှင်အမျိုးသမီးတဦး". BBC News (in Burmese).