‘It Was Terrifying’ - Children Prepare To Spend Myanmar New Year Festival In Shelters Following Earthquake
The earthquake happened ahead of Myanmar’s New Year celebration, a traditional water festival known as ‘Thingyan’, which normally occurs in mid-April and is a time of festivity for four to five days, ...
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Myanmar Junta Pushes Ahead With Thingyan Festival as Quake Toll Soars
Regime green-lights muted traditional New Year celebrations, apparently reluctant to miss rare opportunity for propaganda.
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Unesco inscribes Myanmar's Thingyan festival on intangible cultural heritage list
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 ...