TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Thingyan Festival will be held at Inle Lake, Nyaungshwe, Myanmar. As quoted from Antara, the festival ...

YANGON: Myanmar authorities are preparing to organise the unique floating Thingyan festival on Inle Lake in Nyaungshwe ...

YANGON (Xinhua): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has inscribed Myanmar traditional New Year Ata Thingyan festival on the Representative List of the ...

The traditional new year, known as Thingyan in Myanmar, is the most important holiday of the year and is usually celebrated with prayers, ritual cleaning of Buddha images in temples and high ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday ... of 5,000 conscripts would be called up soon after the traditional Thingyan New Year celebration in mid-April. The conscription law ...

Scam victims will receive medical assistance, including psychological support, under the supervision of the Ministry of ...

If recognition is achieved, thanakha will become Myanmar's second intangible cultural heritage to be recognized by UNESCO, after its traditional water festival of Thingyan was added last December.

Myanmar’s most popular leader, and former president U Win Myint were moved from prison to house arrest. As part of the Thingyan festival celebrations, over 30,000 political prisoners have also ...

Daw Sanda Khin also discussed the recent inclusion of Myanmar's New Year Thingyan Festival and China's New Year Spring Festival on the UNESCO list. "Both countries have gained similar cultural ...

YANGON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar authorities are preparing to organize the unique floating Thingyan festival on Inle Lake in Nyaungshwe township of Shan state, a local official said on Friday.