Myanmar water festival

Burmese New Year Water Festival. This is in April when people throw water as a sign of cleansing all sins from the old year.

Being held at the end of the hot and dry season, Thingyan Water Festival is one of the most popular and national-wide celebrations in Myanmar. Although the festival is a Buddhist event, it has been made to be a legal public holiday by the government, which ensures that almost Myanmar people wish to join. Thingyan [...]

Thingyan is originated from the Buddhist version of a Hindu myth. The King of Brahmas called Arsi, lost a wager to the King of Devas, Śakra (Thagya Min). The festival lasts three or five days. Standing on bamboo stages erected along the streets, people splash water on passersby. Powerful water pipes douse people driving by in jeeps and trucks. The water symbolizes the washing away of the previous year's bad luck and sins.

Inlay water festival

Myanmar New Year (1384) / 2022 Thingyan Water Festival 💦🌿

Thingyan Festival is the annual water festival in Myanmar (Burma), which celebrates the coming of the new year with a nationwide display of performances, religious ceremonies and bucket loads of water. It is a sight to see and not to be missed if you are visiting the country in April. Let's check it out!