Traditional Thingyan water festival has kicked off in Myanmar’s regions and states in full swing. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein on Friday extended wishes to the people for a happy ...

For a second year running, Myanmar's traditional Buddhist holiday period, which runs from Tuesday to Friday this week, has been disrupted FACEBOOK / Handout Instead of the usual water pistols, ...

Mid-April is the time for the arrival of the vibrant Thingyan Festival, a five-day celebration that celebrates the Burmese New Year with water, festivity, and shared meals. In 2026, this spirit ...

If you missed celebrating the Burmese New Year in April, the limited-edition menu at Burma Burma has you covered. We previewed the Thingyan Festival menu and it has everything from street-style small ...

It is dawn on Tuesday, the eve of Thingyan, Myanmar’s water festival that marks the new year. An anti-junta militant of the Karen National Union is starting his day, deep in the jungles of the Bago ...

YANGON: Myanmar authorities are preparing to organise the unique floating Thingyan festival on Inle Lake in Nyaungshwe township of Shan state, a local official said on Friday (March 14). "We are now ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Thingyan Festival will be held at Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. As quoted from Antara, the festival will last four days, from April 13 to April 16, 2025. One of the ...

Myanmar is celebrating Thingyan, a Buddhist water festival, which sees thousands of people filing the streets to call in the new year. Beginning on 13 April (in the Western calendar), the four-day ...

People take part in celebrations of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 13, 2024. Myanmar's vibrant Thingyan water festival kicked off on Saturday, with celebrations taking place ...