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733:, garden hoses, huge syringes made of bamboo, brass or plastic, water pistols and other devices from which water can be squirted are used in addition to the gentler bowls and cups. Water balloons and even fire hoses have been employed. It is the hottest time of the year in the country and a good dousing is welcomed by most. All able-bodied individuals are included in this game, except for monks. Some overenthusiastic young lads may get captured by women, who often are their main target, and become kids of a practical joke with soot from cooking pots smeared on their faces. Maidens from mandat's with dozens of garden hoses exchange hundreds of gallons of water with throngs of revellers and one floats after another. Many revellers carry towels to block water from getting into their ears and for modesty as they get thoroughly soaked in their light summer clothes. The odd prankster might use ice water and a drive-by splash with this would be taken humorously. 258:, and are part of the summer holidays at the end of the school year. Water-throwing or dousing one another from any shape or form of vessel or device that delivers water is the distinguishing feature of this festival and may be done on the first four days of the festival. The New Year takes place at virtually the same time as the new year celebrations of many countries in South Asia like China (Dai People of Yunnan Province), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. 948: 523: 456: 643:(similar to rapping but one man leads and the rest bellows at the top of their voices making fun of and criticising whatever is wrong in the country today such as fashion, consumerism, runaway inflation, crime, drugs, AIDS, corruption, inept politicians etc.). Accidents and incidents from drunk or reckless driving in crowded streets, as well as drunkenness, arguments and brawling are problems that typically occur. Generally, however friendliness and goodwill prevail. 131: 597: 419: 284: 225: 1634: 652: 273: 262: 1521: 857: 25: 360: 756: 910:) is another time-honoured tradition on this day; fish are rescued from lakes and rivers that are drying up, then the fish are kept in huge glazed earthen pots and jars before being released into larger lakes and rivers with a prayer and a wish saying "I release you once, you release me ten times". Thingyan ( 608:
Nightfall brings music, song and dance, and merrymaking in anticipation of the water festival. In neighbourhoods, pavilions with festive names constructed from bamboo, wood and beautifully decorated papier mache, are assembled overnight. Local girls rehearse for weeks and even years, in the run-up to
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During the Water Festival, the Myanmar government relaxed restrictions on gatherings. In the former capital, Yangon, the government permits crowds to gather on the Kandawgyi Pat Lann and Kabaraye Roads. Temporary water-spraying stations, known as pandals, are set up and double as dance floors. Many
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organize water pouring stages in their villages. The main participants are young boys and girls. Apart from water pouring, they also visit a monastery to make special offerings and pray for well-being in the coming year. Marmas commonly follow the Burmese
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is the Myanmar New Year festival that usually occurs in middle of April. It is a Buddhist festival celebrated over a period of four to five days, culminating in the New Year. The dates of the Thingyan Festival are calculated according to the
810:) inside thrown into boiling water in a huge wok and served as soon as they resurface which gave it the name. Young men and women help in making it and all are welcome, some have put a birdseye chilli inside instead of jaggery as a trick. 627:) blossoms in their hair. Padauk blooms only one day each year during Thingyan and is popularly known as the "Thingyan flower". Large crowds of revellers, on foot, on bicycles and motorbikes, and in trucks, will do the rounds of all the 552:
observance days, similar to the Christian sabbath, are held. Alms and offerings are laid before monks in their monasteries and offerings of a green coconut with its stalk intact encircled by bunches of green bananas
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the great event in song and dance in chorus lines. Each band of girls are uniformly dressed in colourful tops and skirts and wears garlands of flowers and tinsel. They wear fragrant
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and padauk. Floats, decorated and lit up, also with festive names and carrying an orchestra as well as dozens of young men on each of them, will roam the streets stopping at every
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was established, Thingyan becomes one of the most famous festivals in Myanmar. The earliest stone inscription about Thingyan is found at pagoda which dates back to 11 AD.
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in most of the country although there are exceptions to the rule. Traditionally, Thingyan involved the sprinkling of scented water in a silver bowl using sprigs of
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is poured in a ceremonial washing from the head down. In ancient times, Burmese kings had a hair-washing ceremony with clear pristine water from
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Thingyan can also be experienced as Rakhine residents of the city celebrate in their own tradition. Water is scooped from a long boat (
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after another taking turns for a year each. The new year henceforth has come to signify the changing of hands of the Brahma's head.
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Although there's no evidence of when the Thingyan Festival was started, many historians said that it was established during the
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pouring ceremony and the water festival. On the evening of New Year's Eve, Rakhine girls assemble to grind blocks of
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dance troupes, comedians, film stars and singers including modern pop groups are commonplace during this festival.
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on Burmese New Year's Day so as to leave behind all the impurities and bad omens from the past.
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exchanging songs specially written for the festival including Thingyan classics, and performing
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which acts as both sunblock and astringent - on their faces, and sweet-scented yellow padauk (
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Mandalay legendary Thingyan float Myoma arrives to perform in front of Mandalay City Hall in
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makes his descent from his celestial abode to Earth. At a given signal, a cannon (Thingyan
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pay respects to elders and provide free meals to accompany Thaman Kyar dance performances.
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A 19th century watercolor depicting a Thingyan eve merit-making: lighting of oil lamps.
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of these pavilions are sponsored by rich and powerful families and businesses
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dance during closing ceremony of Myanmar New Year Water Festival 2011 in
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A pickup truck full of revelers is doused with water on the streets of
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Thingyan is comparable to other festivities in the region such as the
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Thingyan Time - When Fun-Loving Burmese Douse Their Disappointments
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but if they have been naughty their names will go into a dog book.
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The eve of Thingyan, the first day of the festival is called
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to Buddha statues, as a gesture of ushering the new year.
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have three unique customs that form Thingyan, namely the
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dance with Myanmar dress in the opening ceremony of the
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A 19th-century watercolor depicting Thingyan water play
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On New Year's Day, people offer food donations called
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and served alongside a salad of unripe green mangoes.
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which means the "transit .". The holiday is known as
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