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activities of
doing meritorious religious
deeds in accord with the
teachings of Buddha Dhamma.
Myanmar is full of very
interesting festivals
and the number one festival
is Thingyan or water
festival, very similar to Songkran festival in
Thailand. Over time Myanmar
integrated plenty of
festivals from other
countries into their
festival schedule typical is
Diwali the Indian festival
of lights.
-Myanmar Thingyan Festival
or Myanmar New Year Water
Festival is performed
everywhere in the country
and lots of water flows down
the pipes and buckets. Every
Myanmar has a great time
during Thingyan. According
to the Myanmar calendar,
Thingyan or New Year Day
falls on every second week
in April. Thingyan or water
festival is celebrated for 3
days.
Thingyan water festival
has been celebrated in
Myanmar since about 500
years ago. Thingyan means
-moving from one year to
another year. But nobody
really knows why the Myanmar
people throw water onto each
other, maybe it has
something to do to overcome
the dry weather season and
get a taste for the rainy
season to come.
-Another idea is
to wash away the sins
committed during the whole
year. Myanmar or maybe not
only Myanmar, they have
committed sins the whole
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