The Girl Guides badge featured the peacock. The Burmese Scout motto "အစဉ်အသင့်" (asin athint[ʔəsʰɪ̀ɰ̃ʔəðɪ̰ɰ̃]) translated "Always Prepared" is written below.
The Girl Guides badge featured the peacock, a prominent symbol of Burma,[1] and read အဆင်သင့်asinthint[ʔəsʰɪ̀ɰ̃ðɪ̰ɰ̃], the Scout Motto, translated "Be Prepared"
The Union of Burma Girl Guides Association (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စု မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ကင်းထောက်မယ်များ အသင်း) was the organization for Girl Guides in Burma. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides in Burma merged in 1962 to form the coeducational Union of Burma Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (UBBSGG), which was active until 1964, reaching a membership high-point of 93,562.
Guiding traditions are still being passed down orally. An Australian Girl Guide leader says "I have warm memories of singing Kookaburra with some former Guides from Burma who were studying in Sydney - this was in about 1984 and Guiding was forbidden in Burma. The girls came to our Guide Unit's campfire at Glengarry in Sydney - the Guides were amazed that the Burmese students knew so many of the campfire songs that they also knew. The Burmese girls taught the Guides to sing Kookaburra in Burmese."[3]
Motto and slogan
The motto of Myanmar scouts and girl guides is "အစဉ်အသင့်" (Always prepared) and their slogan is "ကောင်းမှုတစ်ခုနေ့စဉ်ပြု" (Do a good thing everyday). [4]
