• Source: Yayway Cemetery

Yayway Cemetery (Burmese: ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained by the Yangon City Development Committee's environmental maintenance department. Yayway Cemetery also consists of various ethnic and religious cemeteries, including those of the Burmese Indians, Sino-Burmese (Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Yunnanese), Karen, Japanese, Baháʼís, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Parsis, and Jews.




History


In the mid-1990s, the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the ruling junta, forcibly closed down and relocated historic cemeteries lying near the city center of Yangon. One of the biggest was Kyandaw Cemetery (in Kamayut Township), which was relocated to suburbs in 1996 to 1997, and redeveloped as the Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum. Descendants of the interred were given one month's notice to move the remains for reburial. Similarly, that year, the Nine Mile Cemetery (ကိုးမိုင်သင်္ချိုင်း), an ethnic Chinese cemetery was demolished and remains were relocated to Yayway Cemetery. The interred remains from these cemetery relocation projects were reburied at Yayway Cemetery, located on the outskirts of the city.
Today, Yayway Cemetery is the busiest in the Yangon area, handling the highest volume of cremations (70 to 100 per day).




Notable burials and cremations


Ant Gyi
Chit Maung
Dwe
Gita Lulin U Ko Ko
Journal Kyaw Ma Ma Lay
Ko Ni
Khin Yu May
Khun Sa
Ma Ma Lay
Mahn Thet San
Min Theinkha
Min Thway
Nat Nwe
Nay Win Maung
Ni Ko Ye
Nwam Jar Thaing
Ohn Myint
Paragu
Sai Htee Saing
Shwe Ohn
Soe Win
U Lwin
Win Tin
Ye Lwin




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Yayway Cemetery
• Khun Sa
• Nine Mile Cemetery
• Kyandaw Cemetery
• Win Tin
• Hteinbin Cemetery
• Ko Ni
• Dwe
• Min Thein Kha
• Soe Myint