Festivals in April

Thingyan Water Festival (Myanmar New Year Festival)

Date            : Usually 13th April to 17th April (New Year’s Day)
Location      : Throughout the country
Duration     : 5 days of throwing water and the last, New Year’s Day

Thingyan Water Festival is the one of the famous festival in Myanmar, the largest number of people taking part in it throughout the country. This is a traditional Myanmar New Year festival, people pour water over each other in symbolic gesture of cleansing oneself of sins from the last year. Elder people take retreat in monasteries and young people go out for enjoyment. In New Year day, most of the people keeping Sabbath, going to pagodas and monasteries and offering food to monks. Paying respect to parents, teachers and elder person and setting free fish and other animals.

Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival

Date            : 8th Waxing to 5th Wanning of Tagu
Location      : Bago
Duration     : 13 days

Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival is the most famous Pagoda festival in Bago Division. Theatrical artists perform their best to get the contracts for the future performance.