The Welcomes new year festival in Thingyan — Myanmar

James Cowel
3 min readApr 24, 2018

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Myanmar is the country retains much of the original cultural values especially Buddhism. in recent years, Myanmar’s tourism development, attracting tourists pilgrimage on Eastern Buddhist ceremony of spirituality. Festivals of Myanmar also always associated with Buddhism in the new year Thingyan Festival that brings a lot of value to the meaning for the people of Myanmar.

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The time of a traditional new year ceremony

Perhaps not the world’s Nations would have exciting new year Customs such as Myanmar. The Festival falls in the second week of April every year and lasts about 3 to 4 days. Who Myanmar in across the country celebrated the Festival by wet up others imply wash those dirty has accumulated during the past year and welcome the new year with a purity of mind and body.

Highlights of Myanmar Thingyan Festival

From the time of Bagan, the country falls Festival was taking place very popular with folk that the Kings, nobles also participate in this festival.

At that time, the Myanmar branch of the Red Apple leaves used to dip into scented water in copper or silver bowl Bowl then sprinkle soy source onto others because the leaves of the Red Apple was the symbol of the German Protestant and patriarchal blessing will bring both loc and the sprinkle soy source is sprinkle soy source.

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Thingyan is a purely secular Festival and was not mentioned in the Scriptures of Buddhism but for the people of Myanmar they still held the Festival of Buddhist rites with integrating in a dignified ambience along with fun activities , attraction, interesting.

Rituals bridge an lucky

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From early morning, very eastern Myanmar people gathered in the downtown area of Yangon City, right near the Sule pagoda. Here, the traditional dance program performed lively place with the sweet lyrics, the music a welcome new year blaze.

After this, the ceremonies go world peace is taking place across the country Myanmar. They came to the temple to pray for a year with a lot of luck for the family and relatives.

The activities in this Thingyan Festival season

Time immemorial, Eve then everyone prepare aromatic water is cooked from various kinds of flowers and leaves, and then put in the bowl or chum the water then placed before the House for the duration of the Festival took place. Every day will be a type with a different leaf types.

Today, instead of the words happy new year, people often use the tap water to spray splashed, the riders are drenched in spray line and everything is lamenting not fun with the dirt of the old year and the new year will be welcomed by purity of mind and body.

People would fall more and more countries are going to see a lot of luck and good health in the new year. After the water bounces up people they will walk under the Sun to dry the clothes, to feel the chill. The Festival also brings the meaning expressed aspiration towards an affluent life, peace, a bright future for everyone.

If the chance comes to the Myanmar tour then you should go to the point where people celebrated new year Thingyan Festival to experience the interesting customs of the country Myanmar sacred, mystical.

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