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title: U.S. cultural mission to Burma, photo poster (Burmese, Rangoon)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-cultural-mission-to-burma-photo-poster-1957/
description: 'A Burmese-language photo poster headed with a title about American cultural groups visiting Burma, showing six photographs: a choir greeting an official.'
section: Collection
---

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[![U.S. cultural mission to Burma, photo poster, 1957 US poster: A Burmese-language photo poster headed with a title about](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-cultural-mission-to-burma-photo-poster-1957.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-cultural-mission-to-burma-photo-poster-1957.jpg)

# U.S. cultural mission to Burma, photo poster (Burmese, Rangoon)

A Burmese-language photo poster headed with a title about American cultural groups visiting Burma, showing six photographs: a choir greeting an official, a bandleader on stage, an athlete demonstrating a sprint start to young men, a performer in Native American dress with children, a bouquet presented to a dancer, and a visitor playing a Burmese oboe. The tell is transfer and plain folks: friendly informal contact between visiting Americans and Burmese hosts carries goodwill to the sponsor.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (Burmese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
မြန်မာပြည်ရောက် အမေရိကန် ယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဖွဲ့များ

Six photograph captions in Burmese: [illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Header (best reading): American cultural groups in Burma. Six photograph captions not translated (illegible in the scan).
```

Header transcribed as best read from the scan and may contain errors; captions too small to read reliably.

[← SEATO poster 182, headquarters map (English, Bangkok)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seato-poster-182-headquarters-map-english-bangkok-1957/) [Chitra Katha photo poster No. 3: Hungarian refugee family (Bengali, Dacca) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/chitra-katha-photo-poster-3-bengali-dacca-1957/)

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