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Mawlamyine ... is the center of the Mon State, but there are many ethnic groups living together. In the past, Mawlamyine was originally called "Yamapura" or "Ramwadi". It was built by a Mon king named "Rama Ya Raja". Many Mon kings ruled here for a long time until the Mon dynasty collapsed from the Burmese occupation. When entering the colonial era, the British came to govern Burma as a province of India under the name "British Burma". Mawlamyine was established as a trading port from 1829-1862 and was an important center for teak and rice trade at that time. The reason why the British chose Mawlamyine as an important port in the past was because it was located on the eastern bank of the Salween River and was located at the confluence of three rivers: the Salween River, the Kyaiktiyo River, and the Attaran River, which flow into the Gulf of Martaban, which is part of the Andaman Sea. Today, Buddhism is still the main religion of the people here and is something that can indicate the true identity of being Mon. Although historical events have caused the Mon people to lose their self-governance, their faith in Buddhism, which is their original cultural heritage, is still deeply rooted in the blood of the Mon descendants and has never changed. Mawlamyine is a reflection of a part of the Mon people that still exists to this day, under the strong and firm connection of many other senses of being Mon.