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Founded in 2012, BMSA's mission is to create a supportive community for students with connections to Burma/Myanmar to celebrate and share our rich cultural heritage, traditions, languages and customs with the broader university community.

10/20/2026

Light up your night with BMSA! Thadingyut, also known as the Festival of Lights, is the 2nd biggest festival celebrated by the Burmese people. On this day we light up candles, decorate houses with lights & lanterns, play with fireworks, and go to pagodas.

We would like to celebrate this important tradition with you by making our own lantern and sharing the joy of thadingyut together! Come join us for some arts & crafts 🏮

(String light will be $3/each)

Date: October 29th
Time: 5:15 - 7:00 pm
Location: HUB 250

02/25/2026

ထမနဲပွဲ (Htamanè Pwè or the Rice Harvest Festival) observes the completion of an annual rice growing cycle in Burma/Myanmar. This time coincides with the full moon day of တပို့တွဲ, the eleventh month of the Burmese calendar, as well as with the cold season. A tradition of ထမနဲပွဲ is to prepare ထမနဲ (htamanè), a group activity calling for a giant wok in which glutinous rice is softened, kneaded, and crushed into a thick, sticky paste using oar-shaped paddles. Due to the viscosity and mass of the glutinous rice, this requires multiple individuals to handle each paddle as well as shifts of helpers to finish the preparation. At different stages of the process, the glutinous rice is mixed with seasonings such as ginger, peanuts, shredded coconut, and sesame seeds.

Everyone is welcome to play a role in the preparation of ထမနဲ, and we invite you to join the festivities. The preparation of ထမနဲ will occur on Saturday, February 28, 2026 and the sharing of ထမနဲ and a community meal will occur on Sunday, March 1, 2026. Please message us directly for details at: [email protected], (Instagram), or (Facebook Messenger).

02/18/2026

Red String of Fate ♥️ a braided bracelet and crafts workshop! We will have materials for bracelet making and scrapbooking available for you to make yourself or your loved one a gift!

Come join BMSA at Thomson Hall 317 at 4:00 on Feb, 20th, Friday. Hope to see you there!

02/13/2026

On Union Day, we ask ourselves, what does “union” look, feel, taste, or sound like? Does union exist because it has been named? Whose version of union are we following? Is union one thing or many? What is like to be in the practice of union, of being and learning alongside each other?

Union Day highlights a pivotal moment when Burma/Myanmar became the “union” that we now know it as today. It is evidence that how we know each other and the places we call “home” has always been changing. It is when we move beyond the names that have been applied to us that we witness the expansiveness of ourselves, and where we experience the power in our differences.

We’ve asked four anonymous people what Union Day means for them, and we invite you to consider what this holiday evokes for you and your loved ones. What does this holiday mean for people of different generations and who have lived in different parts of the world?

As an artist has said, remember, the only thing more powerful than hate is love 🐰💛💚❤️

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01/26/2026

BMSA invites you this Friday to come join us at the Burke Museum for a culture walk! Come dressed in your cultures traditional clothes and let’s celebrate our cultures together through fashion!

Photographer/Officer will be taking optional/free individual and group pictures.

Tickets are free for UW students, 16$ for non-UW students and 24$ general admission.

Location: 4303 Memorial Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98195
Time: 3:30pm, Jan. 30th

Hope to see you there!

11/03/2025

It’s that time of the year again, BMSA Friends-giving🥘

Bring your favourite Burmese dish, meet new friends, and celebrate Thanksgiving with a night of good food and laughter

Location: THO 317
(King Ln NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States)
Date: November 16th, 2025
Time: 4-8 PM

Remember to RSVP in the bio!

11/02/2025

Want to make an impact on UW campus and celebrate Burmese culture? We’re looking for passionate students to join the BMSA officer team!

Whether you’re into event planning, designing, social media, there is a place for you here!

Application due date: November 10th, 2025
Check out our bio for the application link!

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200 University St
Seattle, WA
98101

Website

https://students.washington.edu/mmsauw/

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