Yepokgyi
Yepokgyi
ရေပုတ်ကြီး | |
|---|---|
| Yae Poke Gyi | |
Yepokgyi Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 20°25′08″N 94°35′17″E / 20.41895°N 94.58815°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Magway Region |
| District | Minbu District |
| Township | Pwintbyu Township |
| Village Tract | Yae Poke Gyi |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 2,990 |
| Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
Yepokgyi (Burmese: ရေပုတ်ကြီး, variously spelt Yay Pote Gyi and Yae Poke Gyi[1]) is a village tract located in Pwintbyu Township, Minbu District, Magwe Region, Myanmar. In 2014, the Yepokgyi had 596 households, including 2,990 people, evenly divided between males and females.[2] The village tract only consists of one village- the village of Yepokgyi.[1] The village was connected by a road in 2018.[3]
The village is part of Anyar, the heartland of the Bamar people in Upper Myanmar's dry zone.[3] The village is near Yadana Oo Pagoda, a historic pilgrimage site.[4]
Customs
Yepokgyi villagers are known for preserving a distinct tradition of wearing a topknot with a high ponytail, surrounded by an even fringe of hair across the head.[3] The tradition dates back at least two centuries.[4] The hairstyle begins as children approach school age. For girls, the hairstyle is called hsanyitwaing (ဆံရစ်ဝိုင်း), while it is called yaungpezu (သျှောင်ပေစူး) for boys.[3] When girls turn 15 to 16, the hairstyle is known as Japan zadauk (ဂျပန်ဆံထောက်).[3] By the age of 17 to 18, the hairstyle progresses into the Japan zadauk naukkauk (ဂျပန် ဆံထောက် နောက်ကောက်), whereby the a curl of hair wraps underneath each ear, indicating their readiness for courtship.[3]
Education
Yepokgyi has a single school that was upgraded into a secondary school in 2015.[3] The nearest high school is located in the village of Shauktaw, 8 miles away.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit.
- ^ "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Pwintbyu Township Report - PwintPhyu Township Report". data.opendevelopmentmekong.net (in Burmese). Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ဆံရစ်ဝိုင်း - ဆံပင်ပုံ ကြည့်ရုံနဲ့ အပျိုလား အိမ်ထောင်ရှင်လား ခွဲနိုင်တဲ့ရွာ". BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese). 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ^ a b "နှစ်ပေါင်း ၂၀၀ တိုင် ရိုးရာအစဉ်အလာကို ထိန်းသိမ်းကြသည့် ရေပုတ်ကြီးရွာ". Information and Public Relations Department (in Burmese). 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2025-05-10.