His daughter Daw Win Win Toe said the cause was complications of diabetes. Tin moved to Yangon in 1947, a year before the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from Britain. Instead, he tuned his guitar to a Burmese scale and played within the rich musical terrain he already knew. Traditional Burmese music, from the country’s Bamar ethnic majority, features gongs, drums, harps, oboes and bamboo xylophones, among other instruments. In addition to his daughter Win Win Toe, Tin is survived by his wife, Daw Cho Cho; two other daughters, Daw Win Win Nwe and Daw Myint Myint Nwe; and six grandchildren.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2019 09:00 UTC