Twilight Over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess
Just married and arriving by ship in Rangoon in to begin life in her husband’s native land, a young Austrian woman stood ready to disembark with her Burmese husband. On the dock she could see hundreds of well-wishers displaying banners, playing homemade musical instruments, carrying bouquets of flowers. Was some important person aboard ship, she wondered. Then her husband reluctantly explained: he was more than just a recently graduated mining engineer—he was the Prince of Hsipaw, ruler of an autonomous state in Burma’s Shan mountains. The welcome was for him and his bride, the Princess of Hsipaw.
For the next ten years, Inge Sargent experienced a life most of us only dream about. She immersed herself in day-to-day Shan life, eagerly learning the language, culture, and history of Hsipaw and its people. As a “reluctant ruler,” she worked at her husband's side to improve the remote region’s education, health care, and economic well-being. Their efforts on behalf of the Shan people made them one of the most popular ruling couples in Southeast Asia. Then in a military coup shattered their idyllic existence, and life irrevocable chang
Inge Sargent
From Burmese princess to human rights activist, Inge Sargent has lived a life full of adventure, heartbreak and heroism.
When Inge Sargent (born Inge Eberhard) was just six years old, the Nazis invaded her home province of Karnten, Austria. The little girl watched in horror as soldiers took away neighbors, interrogated children , and even arrested her mother three times. Little did she know then that a similar horror would haunt her adult life and rob her of her husband.
After World War II, life was hard in Austria, and Sargent decided to study in the United States. In she won one of the first Austrian Fulbright Scholarships and enrolled at a women’s college in Colorado. At a party for international students, she met Sao Kya Seng, a Burmese engineering student from the Colorado School of Mines. “There was something very special about him,” Sargent recalls. “He was very kind and easy to talk to but he also had a certain bearing, a regal bearing.” The two quickly fell in love and were married at the home of a friend in
After the wedding the couple sailed to Burma to start their new life. When they arrived at the por
Am Februar ist Inge Sargent im Alter von 91 Jahren gestorben. Diese beeindruckende Frau, hat von Beginn an mit der Arbeit von between-borders und davor Helfen ohne Grenzen-Deutschland zu tun. Deshalb will ich hier kurz an sie und ihr Leben erinnern.
Inge Sargent trug auch die Namen Sao Nang Thu Sandi oder Mahadevi (himmlische Prinzessin). Sie war die &#;letzte Shan Prinzessin&#; und ist unter den Shan weltweit bis heute hochverehrt.
Inge Sargent wurde in in Kärnten geboren. Ihr Vater war Förster. Sie wuchs auf dem Land auf. Anfang der 50er Jahre ging sie in die USA und studierte in Denver(Colorado) wo sie auch ihren späteren Mann Sao Kya Seng, einen Bergbaustudenten, kennenlernte. Sie verleibten sich und heirateten im März Sao Kya Seng wollte Inge nun seine Heimat zeigen, die Shan Staaten Burmas. Erst als das Schiff den Hafen in Ranguun erreicht und sie von einer riesigen Menschenmenge in Festtagskleidung und in blumengeschmückten Booten empfangen werden, beichtet ihr Mann ihr, daß er ein Prinz ist und sie somit eine Art Prinzessin.
Offiziell wird Inge Sargent am 2. November Mahadevi (himmlische Prinzessin) und Sao Kya Seng wird Saophalong (Himmelsherrscher). Die junge
A recently completed film made for European TV, Twilight Over Burma, based on the true story of Prince Sao Kya Seng, the ruler of Hsipaw and his Austrian born wife Inge Sargent, had its premiere in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai this past weekend. The story focuses on Sargent who became the princess of Hsipaw also known as the Mahadhevi Dhusandi and her marriage with the prince who was jailed when General Ne Win launched a coup d'état in
Maria Ehrich, the German actress who played Inge Sargent, was at the screening in Chiang Mai along with some of the film's producers. Many Shan living in Chiang Mai attended the screening including some who played minor roles in the movie. Apart from Ehrich most of the major roles in the film were played by Thai actors.
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