Burmese folk dances vary according to the customs, etiquette, and living habits of each ethnic group. Folk dance can intuitively reflect the lives, preferences, aesthetics, and emotions of people of all ethnic groups. Folk dances that express various mythical animal totems are popular, but most of Myanmar's folk dances use drums as props to celebrate harvests, hold weddings, funerals and other activities. Myanmar's folk dances include oil lamp dance for worshiping gods and Buddhas, Ruibo drum, elephant foot drum, back drum, cymbal dance, divine dance, Donaya divine animal dance, etc. Most of them occur in agricultural activities and religious activities.

Myanmar’s folk dance movements are delicate and sensitive, with movement and stillness proportional to each other. Each ethnic dance in Myanmar has its own characteristics and has a broad mass base. During festive festivals, such as the Water Splashing Festival of the Bamar and Shan ethnic groups, in addition to performances by professional groups, mass singing and dancing competitions or celebratory performances are generally held in urban and rural areas. Another example is the Kachin people's Munao festival and the Karen people's New Year celebrations, where villagers have to sing and dance all night long.

Burmese folk music classification uses drums to refer to music types. For example, the drum dance in the Ruibo area is called the Ruibo Great Drum Festival, and the drum that is played and performed with an elephant foot drum is called the Elephant Foot Drum Dance. Other dances and music involving drums are called this. The main reason is that most folk dances are inseparable from songs, and singing songs with drum accompaniment is inseparable from dance.

Burmese drumming and dance are intrinsically linked. This drumming originates from Indian religious music and dance.

Myanmar folk music and dance, like its paintings, sculptures, and architectural arts, also pay great attention to decoration. When the old folk artists play the harp and sing, the melody of the music is like gurgling water. Sad places are like the whine of swan geese, the sobs of orphan girls, and the dance expresses emotions along with the music. Therefore, Myanmar’s ethnic songs and dances have unique rhythms and dance vocabulary.

Myanmar dance has a history of more than 2,000 years. It was first spread from India and later influenced by Thailand. The dance shape particularly highlights the curves and shows the special beauty of women. It can be said to be "three curves". "The art of. Myanmar dance style is very distinctive, mainly based on half squatting, full squatting, and kneeling. It coordinates with the hands, feet, waist (slumped waist), chest, head (head raised), etc. to show various dance forms, forming a unique The graceful human body's "three bends" modeling movements are elegant, soft, and graceful. It looks beautiful, but dancing is very hard. Most of the dance sections retain a single body posture, always dancing in a half-crouching posture, rising and falling from time to time.

Because China and Myanmar are neighbors and have lived in harmony and harmony since ancient times, the two countries have continued to conduct cultural exchanges. Burmese dance is somewhat similar to my country's Dai dance, but not the same. Dai dance is more flexible and has larger ups and downs, while Burmese dance has less ups and downs, is more elegant and graceful, and involves squatting or kneeling to make various elegant postures. The performance must have Solid basic skills.

Myanmar borders Yunnan, my country, and has similar natural ecology, so the dance culture also has great similarities. For example, the aesthetic of "three bends", such as the same hand shape. However, due to the different histories and long-term variation and development of dance between the two countries, the styles of dance are completely different. The hand shape of Dai dance imitates the peacock, with larger movements and more stretch. The hand shape of Burmese dance means lotus blooming, and the hand movements are rich in language. The "Three Bends" of Dai dance focus on the side-to-side stepping movements and shapes, while Burmese dance focuses on half-squats and stylized distance between the feet, with the chest raised, hips raised, and hands on the waist. The dances of the Dai people in Yunnan, my country, mostly imitate living beings, express emotions, have relaxed movements, steady rhythms, accompanied by knee tremors, flexion and extension, full of tension, a combination of movement and stillness, and beautiful shapes. The music has the traditional style characteristics of the Dai people in my country, while the dances of Myanmar are born out of Myanmar's puppet shows mostly use "puppet crawling and jumping" as the main action, focusing on eye movements and hand movements. The feet are tight and the knees are bent, which has distinctive Burmese characteristics.