Kaba Ma Kyei

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း
English: National Anthem of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်သီချင်း
	National anthem of Myanmar
Lyrics	YMB Saya Tin and Thakins (1930); U Sein Mya Maung (1947);
Music	YMB Saya Tin, 1930
Published	1930 (as “Dobama Song”); 1947 (as “National Anthem”);
Adopted	27 June 1936 (by the second conference of Dobama Asiayon); 1 August 1943 (by the State of Burma); 22 September 1947 (by the Constituent Assembly of the Union of Burma);
Audio sample
	Instrumental rendition of the second verse by the U.S. Navy Band file; help;

The national anthem of Myanmar consists of two parts; the first half is a traditional Burmese style section, before transitioning into the second half, a Western-style orchestra. Because of the second half, both the "State Song" and its predecessor "Dobama Song" are popularly known as "Kaba Ma Kyei" (Burmese: ကမ္ဘာမကျေ [gəbà mə tʃè]; lit. 'Till the End of the World').

A long-standing tradition is that those who sing the national anthem bow at the end, as a show of respect for the nation.