Native name မာမာအေး Instruments Voice Birth name Aye Myint Years active 1955–present | Name Mar Aye Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | |
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Mar mar aye
Mar Mar Aye (Burmese: မာမာအေး) is a prolific Burmese singer. She was born Aye Myint in Myaungmya, a town in the Irrawaddy delta. to musician parents. Her father, U Aye, was a hne (flute) musician while her mother Than Hnit was a singer with the stage name Myaungmya Than. She began singing at an early age. By the 1980s, 80% of film soundtracks were sung by Mar Mar Aye.
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She emigrated to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States in 1998. She has been politically active. During the Saffron Revolution, she released a song entitled "Heartache Till the End of the World" (အသည်းနာကမ္ဘာမကျေ). In 2012, she returned from exile to Myanmar, at the authorization of President Thein Sein.
On 25 July 2012, she released a Burmese language memoir, Dear Friend, Look Deeply Into My Heart (ရင်ဖွင့်ကြည့်ပါသူငယ်ချင်း), which recounts the aftermath of her divorce in 1970.