Equestrian Culture to Feature in Opening Ceremony

According to information from the Myanmar Equestrian Federation, a special procession of brightly decorated horses will be included in the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Myanmar SEA Games.

“In Myanmar Buddhist tradition, every family with a male offspring has to consecrate their male child to Buddhism. This consecration introduces the child into the Buddhist monk society where they learn reading and writing skills through Buddhist scriptures. For all Myanmar people, it is a very auspicious occasion for them and they try to make the ceremony as grand as possible. 

In ancient days, animals were the only means of transportation and horses are thought to be of highest value after the elephant. So, they use horses to carry their sons to monasteries where the boys spend a few days of monkhood after the inauguration ceremony,” explained U Win Aung, head of the Myanmar Equestrian Committee.

“Today, horses fit for this kind of ceremony are hard to find and it is even harder to see this kind of procession because people are replacing horses with motor vehicles. For the SEA Games, we will use three dressage horses from Shan State and 30 local men and women for the display called Shin Laung,” he added.
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Cambodia Sends 6 Horses Riders to Compete in SEA Games

Cambodia will send six equestrians to participate competition of 27^th sea game in Myanmar from 11-18 December, 2013, a senior official of Cambodia equestrian federation said on Friday.  

The six will take part two subjects of the competitions – Jumping and horse riding models, Mrs. Tep Mona, Cambodia equestrian federation said. Young Cambodian riders Moeng Sochea and Phat Makara won team jumping silver in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in March in pre-asean competition.  

Inkonsistensi KOI Terkait Pengiriman Equestrian ke SEA Games

INDONESIA UPDATED. Komite Olimpiade Indonesia (KOI) telah memastikan pengiriman atlet muaythai, hoki, petanque, vovinam, dan equestrian ke SEA Games 2013 Myanmar.
 
Semula, ke-5 cabor tersebut nyaris tidak bisa atau gagal diberangkatkan, karena sama-sama belum menjadi anggota KOI.

Berdasarkan peraturan peserta yang mengikuti SEA Games, yang boleh mengikuti ajang 'multievent' itu adalah cabor-cabor yang tercatat sebagai anggota resmi KOI.