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WHAT TO DO

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Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market)
Pabedan, Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Open daily except on Monday from 10.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Even if you don’t want to shop, this is another of Yangon’s attractions that
should not be missed as it has almost anything for sale for locals and tourists
alike. You’ll find longyi, the Myanmar sarong for both men and women made
of cotton and silk. There are art galleries and jewelry and gem shops, venders
selling silverware, gold, lacquerware, antiques, handicrafts, traditional herbal
remedies and ready-made clothing as well as seamstresses and tailors hawking
their services.

The market, opened in 1926, is a beautifully preserved example of colonial
architecture, set on the cobblestone Bogyoke Aung San Market Road. Originally
named after the British Commissioner of that time, Gavin Scott, its name was
changed to Bogyoke, or General, Aung San Market in 1947 in honor of Aung
San Suu Kyi’s father, the founder of the Tatmadaw, Myanmar Army, and liberator
from British rule. If there in April, the market is turned into a fun, free-for-all water
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carnival on April 11th and 12 , during the Zay Thingyan Festival.
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