Lanzin Youth Organization

Lanzin Youth Organization (Burmese: လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့ , lit.'Programme Youth Organization') was a youth organization in Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (present-day Myanmar) for high school and university students to learn useful skills and about the socialist politics of the Burma Socialist Programme Party. It consisted of three main branches: Teza Youth (Burmese: တေဇလူငယ် ,lit.'Glorious Youth'), Shehsaung Youth (Burmese: ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ် ,lit.'Pioneer Youth') and Lanzin Youth (Burmese: လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ် ,lit.'Programme Youth').[2] Teza Youth wore blue scarf[3]: 5  and Pioneer Youth wore the red scarf.[4]

Programme Youth Organization
လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့
Founded1964
Preceded by
Dissolved1988
Succeeded by
HeadquartersRangoon, Rangoon Division, Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Membership2,875,500 (1979)[1]
IdeologySocialist Education
Mother partyBurma Socialist Programme Party (1964-1988)
A postcard of 3rd Seminar of the Programme Youth,1982

Establishment

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Cover of Pioneer Youth Journal 1964 September

The Revolutionary Government of the Union of Burma dissolved the Union of Burma Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (UBBSGG), Lieutenant[a] Ye Htoon, the Director General of the UBBSGG, reported on 1 March 1964. The Revolutionary Government had seized the UBBSGG and the assets of the UBBSGG were turned over to the Ministry of Education, which was authorized to form the Lanzin Youth Orgination (Programme Youth Organization).

Structure

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Students were required to join the organisation.[5]

Within the organization of Lanzin Youth Organization, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်အဖွဲ့ (Programme Youth Organization), three branches were formed according to the age group and intellectual differences;[6]

  1. Teza Youth, တေဇလူငယ် (Glorious Youth) for primary school students[7] (5–9 years old),[6][3]: 2 
  2. Shehsaung Youth, ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ် (Pioneer Youth) for middle and high school students[7] and other teens of 10–15 years old,[6] and
  3. Lanzin Youth, လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ် (Programme Youth) for college or university students and other youths of age of 16–25 years old.[6]

After reaching the age of 18, they could become "candidate member of the party" (အရန်ပါတီဝင်). Then starting at the age of 21 years old, a candidate member could apply application forms to become a "fully-fledged party member" (တင်းပြည့်ပါတီဝင်).

In 1981, only 6.19% of members of Programme Youth Organization who had reached the age of 18 or above, joined the Burma Socialist Programme Party.[8] This was a striking situation for the party. Thus, to persuade more youths to the organization and the party, Programme Youth Organizing Committees were opened on the campuses of the universities, institutes and colleges.[9]

Teza Youth (Aung San Youth)

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Teza Youth
တေဇလူငယ်
Founded1964
Dissolved1988
Membership1,866,738 (1979)[1]
IdeologySocialist Education
Mother partyProgramme Youth Organization

Origin of name

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Named after General Aung San's Nom de guerre ဗိုလ်တေဇ(Bo Teza)

Membership age group

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5 to 10 years old [6][3]: 2 

Uniform

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Normal uniforms of Teza Youth
Gender Style 1 Style 2
Male • white cap with white stripes and red badge
• blue scarf
• white shirt with red arm badges
• black belt
• blue long trousers
• white cap with white stripes and red badge
• blue scarf
• white shirt (school uniform)
• green pa-hso (school uniform)
Female • white cap with white stripes and red badge
• blue scarf
• white blouse with red arm badges
• black belt
• blue short skirt
• white knee highs
• white cap with white stripes and red badge
• blue scarf
• white Burmese blouse (school uniform)
• green hta-mein (school uniform)
References [3]: 5 

Badge

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The upper-half picture of General Aung San was used as a badge.

  • To become heroic good sons and good daughters of the nation as General Aung San did.
  • To continue the programme that General Aung San planned.

[3]: 4 

Flag

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The flag must have a length of 5 ft and width of 3 ft, sky blue background with a big white star on upper left.

  • The white star indicates the meaning of forever shining and forever preserving the independence
  • The blue background indicates the meaning of steadfastness, peacefulness and pleasurablity.

[3]: 5 

Shehsaung Youth (Pioneer Youth)

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Pioneer Youth
ရှေ့ဆောင်လူငယ်
Founded1964
Dissolved1988
Membership224,496 (1979)[1]
IdeologySocialist Education
Mother partyProgramme Youth Organization

Origin of name

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Named as a pioneer movement

Membership age group

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11 to 15 years old [6]

Uniform

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Normal uniforms of Pioneer Youth
Gender Style 1 Style 2
Male • white cap
• blue shirt with arm badges
• black trousers
• blue cap with white stripes and badge
red scarf
• white shirt (school uniform)
• green pa-hso (school uniform)
Female • white cap with badge
• blue shirt with arm badges
• black skirt
• blue cap with white stripes and badge
• red scarf
• white Burmese blouse (school uniform)
• green hta-mein (school uniform)
References [13] [4]

Lanzin Youth (Programme Youth)

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Programme Youth
လမ်းစဉ်လူငယ်
Founded1964
Dissolved1988
Membership784,266 (1979)[1]
IdeologySocialist Education
Mother partyProgramme Youth Organization

Origin of name

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Named after short name of Burma Socialist Programme Party လမ်းစဉ်ပါတီ(Lanzin Party)

Membership age group

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16 to 25 years old [6]

Uniform

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Normal uniforms of Lanzin Youth
Gender Style 1 Style 2
Male • blue cap with white stripes and badge
• white shirt with arm badges
• black belt
• blue long trousers
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Female • blue cap with white stripes and badge
• white blouse with arm badges
• black belt
• blue long skirt
• white shoes
• blue cap with white stripes and badge
• white Burmese blouse with arm badges
• blue hta-mein
References [16] [16]

Other branches

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  • Lanzin Youth Orginizing Committees
  • Lanzin Youth Orchestras
  • Lanzin Youth Leaders' Training Camps

Legacy

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According to the Political Pension Law of 1980, those who served in the Lanzin Youth Organizing Central Committee as chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, associate secretary, and committee member (full time) get political pension according to their positions as described in that law.[17]

The Programme Youth Organization with all its subordinate structures were effectively dissolved in 1988 during civil unrest. The Burma Socialist Programme Party renamed itself to National Unity Party on 24 September 1988.

The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ordered the Ministry of Education to found the Myanmar Scouts Association in 2012, and students' Scouts Associations were founded in 20 schools as of December 2020. [18]

Notes

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  1. ^ This is Scout Lieutenant, not military one. Burmese/Myanmar senior scouts wear rank insignia. http://www.mdn.gov.mm/my/kngtheaakchiusnnymaakhengcnyphng-ckaawiung-kngp

References

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  2. ^ Ññī Ññī (1978). "7". မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအမျိုးသားမော်ကွန်း(၁၉၇၅) မျက်မှောက်ကာလမြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှတ်တမ်း [Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ ʾa myui ̋sā ̋moʻ kvanʻ ̋(1975): myakʻ mhokʻ kāla Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ mhatʻ tamʻ ̋, Volume 1] (in Burmese). Pugaṃ Cā ʼupʻ tuikʻ.
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  5. ^ Chin Human Rights Organisation – CHRO – Home Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Ññī Ññī (1978). "7". မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအမျိုးသားမော်ကွန်း(၁၉၇၅) မျက်မှောက်ကာလမြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှတ်တမ်း [Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ ʾa myui ̋sā ̋moʻ kvanʻ ̋(1975): myakʻ mhokʻ kāla Mranʻ mā Nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ mhatʻ tamʻ ̋, Volume 1] (in Burmese). Pugaṃ Cā ʼupʻ tuikʻ.
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  8. ^ Silverstein, Josef (1982). "Burma in 1981: The Changing of the Guardians Begins". Asian Survey. 22 (2): 185. doi:10.2307/2643945. JSTOR 2643945.
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  18. ^ EYU Myanmar Scouts (22 November 2020). "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကင်းထောက်အဖွဲ့ (Myanmar Scouts Association - MS)". Facebook.