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Festivals>Festivals in April
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Apr 10: 10th Waning day of Tagu
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Tiger-man Ceremony
Location: Myeik, Taninthayi Division
5-day dancing event ending Apr 14 Natives of palaw, painted as tigers, dance through the streets to wild music.
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Apr 13: 13th Waning day of Tagu
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Water Festival
Location: Throughout the country
4-day festival ending Apr 16
1st day - eve day
2nd day - beginning day
3rd day -high celebratio day
4th day - receding day The festival is held on the eve of Myanmar new Year to cleanse the evil deeds of the previous year with water. Young people go out to enjoy themselves and pagoda precincts.
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Apr 13: 13th Waning day of Tagu
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Thanakha-grinding Event
Location: Sittwe, Rakhine State
In the late evening on the eve of the Water Festival, young women grind thanakha bark to a fine cream using water on rounded stone slabs. They are accompanied by music played by young men.
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Apr 14: 14th Waning day of Tagu
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Image-Bathing Event
Location: Sittwe, Rakhine State
Buddhists, young and old alike, spend the day performing meritorious deeds like releasing live animals, offering food to monks, paying homage to elders etc.
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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New Year Day
Location: Throughout the country
Buddhists, young and old alike, spend the day performing meritorious deeds like releasing live animals, offering food to monks, paying homage to elders etc.
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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Sand Stupa Event
Location: Twante, Yangon Division
Stupa of sand built on the compound of Shwe-san-daw on the receding day of Thingyan. Sponsored by descendants of Shans, who migrated over a century ago. Buffalo dance included.
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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Mt. Popa Ceremony
Location: Mt. Popa
Large number of pilgrims pay respect to nat shrines on top of Mt. Poppa.
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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Elders' Day Ceremony
Location: Kaba Aye Hillock and elsewhere
Elderly men and women are invited to Kaba Aye Pagoda Hillock to give be presented with various gifts, their hair is shampooed and their nails cut as a symbolic gesture to pay respect.
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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Animal-freeing Ceremony
Location: Kaba Aye Hillock and elsewhere
A ceremony held by the Religious Department on Kaba Aye Hillock to give animals a sanctuary. All kinds of animals are set free. Similar ceremonies held Townshipwise
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Apr 17: 3rd Waxing day of Kason
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Free Food Festival
Location: Chaungzon, Mon State
One month long festival Every village, from the 64 villages in Chaungzon, takes its turn at giving food to people. Everyone has a free meal at any home he or she enters, whether they know the person or not. It is believed that the more guests a house receives, the better future the family will have.
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Apr 25: 11th Waxing say of Kason
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U Shin Gyi Ceremony
Location: Sat Island and Brown Island, Bogalay
3-day ceremony ending Apr 27
11th Waxing day - performers show themselves to the shrine.
12th Waxing day - story of U Shin Gyi re-enacted the whole night.
13th Waxing day - getting onto the bamboo-shelf shrine.
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Apr 28: 14th Waxign day of Kason
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Shwe-kyet-yet Festival
Location: Mandalay
Full-dress, large-scale procession followed by water-pouring on the sacred Bo tree, significantly, on the 14th Waxing day of Kason.
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Apr 29: Fullmoon day of Kason
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Shik-Thaung Festival
Location: Mrauk-U, Rakhine State
8-day ceremony ending Apr 29 Dummy boat races on land, real boat contests and water splashing in Mrauk-U canal on Fullmoon day. Traditional wrestling at the foot of the pagoda; finals held on Fullmoon day.
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Apr 29: Fullmoon day of Kason
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Water-pouring Ceremony
Location: Throughout the country
Buddhist ladies pour water on the sacred Bo tree in the afternoon of Fullmoon day.
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Apr 29: Fullmoon day of Kason
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Sand Stupa Event
Location: Ra-haing, Mandalay
Held in accordance with Thai tradition. Believed to have been inherited from descendants of Thais, captured during wars with Thaildand.
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Apr 29: Fullmoon day of Kason
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Taung-Yo Festival
Location: Pindaya Cave, Shan State
Torchlight procession by Taung-yo tribe in the early part of the night to pay homage to the numerous statues in the cave.
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Apr 29: Fullmoon day of Kason
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Pa-Oh Rocket Festival
Location: Water Hole, Taung-gyi and elsewhere
Approx.one month long festival. Locally made rockets stuffed with powerful gunpowder are ceremoniously carried and launched in competition. Observed mostly by ethnic Pa-Oh people to plredict the weather and crop. Young men and women use small mirrors to tease one another. Date varies.
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