Splash of Culture: 'Thingyan' Water Festival | Yangon | 🇲🇲 Myanmar

"Thingyan" marks the Myanmar New Year, typically falling in mid-April. This Buddhist festival spans four to five days, climaxing in the New Year. Its dates adhere to the Burmese calendar, recognized as public holidays nationwide and coincide with the summer break's end in schools. Central to Thingyan is water-throwing, observed during the festival's initial four days. This tradition shares the New Year timing with various Asian countries like China (Dai People of Yunnan Province), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. Thingyan parallels neighboring festivities such as Laos' Songkran, Thailand's Songkran, Cambodia's New Year, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese New Year, and India's Bihu.

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Myanmar water festival called Thingyan.Thingyan is original water festival in world🎉🎉🎉