The talk presented by Daw Saw Khin Tint,
the chairperson of Arakanese Literature and Cultural Association, at Aloetawpyi
Monastery of Rathetaung Township, Rakhine State,
I saw a bird which you call ‘mina’,
somewhere on my way to school yesterday. You know, I hadn’t noticed it well
before and the sight of the bird still haunts me. Oh, how beautiful it was! Not
it, but they, I should say because I saw a couple of minas. A mina is a kind of
bird, a bit bigger than a gull. It has two beautiful round eyes, ringing with
eyelashes of bluish and indigo color, to look for things and be aware of
dangers.