Mid-April marked Thingyan, the traditional Burmese new year. Normally a time for energetic water throwing, leisure travel, and raves, the water festival has lost much of its cheer since the coup of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among those released was Dr. Hkalam Samson, a prominent Kachin Christian leader, and three members of the National League for Democracy. Myanmar’s military junta yesterday released more than 3,300 ...

Performers dance at the opening ceremony of a water pavilion during celebrations to mark Thingyan, Myanmar's New Year water festival, in Yangon April 13, 2013. Myanmar celebrates Thingyan during the ...

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 ...