Top 5 best Festivals in Myanma

5 BEST FESTIVALS IN MYANMAR

Myanmar is a country with many attractive festivals. If you have the opportunity to travel to this country, you should experience at least 1 of the 5 best festivals in Myanmar to learn more about the people and life of the people here.

1. Water festival to celebrate the new year (Thingyan)

Water festival to celebrate the New Year Thingyan in Myanmar

Taking place from April 13 to 17 every year, this is one of the biggest festivals of Myanmar people.

Like neighboring Southeast Asian countries (Laos, Cambodia, Thailand), Myanmar people believe that the country will wash away the sins, the unfortunate things of the previous year, so, on the first day of the year, they splashed water on each other. . Bamboo stages were erected along the road, many people used water pipes to discharge passersby. Children enjoy playing water gun games. Music is an integral part of the Thingyan festival.

2. Thadingyut light festival

Thadingyut Light Festival in Myanmar

The Thadingyut Festival lasts for 3 days, in the full moon month according to the Thadingyut calendar (about the middle of October) to commemorate the event of Buddha returning to the human world after the end of 3 months he went to preach. This is a festival attracts many tourists of Myanmar tourism.

At the festival, people decorate their houses and streets filled with light. They carry out various activities to raise money for charities. Amateur bands and professional art troupes perform around the clock day and night. In particular, children often carry candles and small gifts for the elderly to show respect.

3. Full moon Waso

Waso full moon festival

The festival begins on the full moon day of April according to the Myanmar calendar (July), taking place in 15 days. This is a sacred festival of Buddhism, because this time is known as the first time the Buddha preached the Dharma after enlightenment, which is also the beginning of the Buddhist fasting month. Monks are not allowed to leave the monastery at night but to beg for alms during the day during the rainy season. Therefore, during this festival, Buddhists offer robes to monks for use during the rainy season and the fasting month.

4. Htamane sticky rice cooking festival

Htamane sticky rice cooking festival

The festival takes place on the full moon day of November according to the Myanmar calendar (February). At the festival, people cook large pan of sticky rice with ginger, coconut, beans, sesame; Then wrapped in banana leaves. The processing stages are quite elaborate and elaborate, performed by healthy men.

Sticky rice is cooked in monasteries or special shops, offered to Buddha, shared with neighbors, relatives and friends as a gift of the festival.

5. Ananda Temple Festival

Ananda Temple Festival

Ananda Temple Festival takes place from the full moon day to the end of the month of Pyatho (15 days, about January of the solar calendar), in the ancient capital of Bagan. This is one of the most famous temple festivals in Myanmar. Villagers from all over arrive at Ananda Temple in a traditional ox cart and set up camp to stay throughout the festival. Local troupes also came with entertainment for the audience. In addition, stalls selling a variety of products from food to farm tools appear during the festival to meet the needs of the people.