Thingyan Special April 2018


06 Apr 2018
Revelers enjoying Water Festival in downtown Yangon in 2017. Nyan Zay Htet/The Myanmar Times
Preparations have begun in the Myanmar’s economic capital of Yangon for this year’s Thingyan (Water Festival). Construction of t...
Water-throwing pavilions on the west side of the palace moat. Phyo Wai Kyaw/The Myanmar Times
With Thingyan (Water Festival) fast approaching, preparations are well under way in the city of Mandalay, the center of Myanmar...
Traditional water festival taking place around Nay Pyi Taw. The Myanmar Times
Except for a few years, the traditional Thingyan festival in the administrative capital of Nay Pyi Taw (Seat of the King) has be...
Zaw Win Htut
Zaw Win Htut This year during Thingyan, I will be at the pavilion in front of the Mottama Co. on Mindama Road.  I will be ente...
Revelers enjoy saduditha in Mandalay. Sithu Lwin/The Myanmar Times
Mandalay’s traditional Thingyan (Water Festival) has been held every year, portraying its uniqueness and generating interest amo...
Girls preparing mont lone yay baw, the most famous and common Thingyan delicacy. The Myanmar Times
Whenever Thingyan (Water Festival) is mentioned, what comes to mind is the traditional food of Thingyan. There would be more tha...
Young people chack a water gun at a shopping centre in downtown Yangon. Phoe Wa/The Myanmar Times
As the month of Tabaung (the twelfth and final month of the traditional Myanmar calendar) ends and the month of Tagu (the first...
Zin Mar Thet, Yangon University student Last year’s Yangon Thingyan was dull, so I travelled to places where there were many p...
As the saying goes, ‘Different strokes for different folks,’ everyone has their own likes and dislikes. While there are many who...
Tagu, the Buddhist Myanmar lunar month, traditionally falls in the month of April in the Gregorian calendar and signals the Myan...
Revelers participating in Water Festival by motorbikes in Magwe Region. Aung Htay Hlaing/The Myanmar Times
Modernized and tasteless behaviors are out; long-established observances are in. To the delight of tourists and locals alike, th...