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Thingyan is observed as public holidays throughout Myanmar, and are part of the summer holidays at the end of the school year. Water-throwing or dousing one another from any shape or form of vessel or device that delivers water is the distinguishing feature of this festival and may be done on the first four days of the festival .
Thingyan is a time for socializing and bonding with friends and family. Mont Lone Yay Paw is usually shared by groups of individuals who meet to rejoice together. It is also shared and given out along with other snacks or drinks to strangers and passers-by as a good deed, which is also a part of the Burmese tradition.
Thangyat performers in New York City. Thangyat (Burmese: သံချပ်) is a Burmese performance art that blends traditional folk verse performances accompanied by the beat of traditional drums or a hsaing waing ensemble, [1] and interspersed with song, dance and chant routines, [2] and performed during festive occasions, particularly during Thingyan in the lead up to the Burmese New Year.
A Rakhine girl pours water at revelers during Myanmar New Year Thingyan Water Festival in Yangon, Myanmar in 2011. Water festivals are vibrant celebrations that occur across the globe, often marking the start of a new year or season. These festivals are deeply rooted in cultural and religious traditions, and they showcase the importance of ...
Shwe yin aye (Burmese: ရွှေရင်အေး; pronounced [ʃwèjɪ̀ɴʔé]) is a traditional Burmese dessert commonly associated with the Thingyan season. [1]The dessert consists of sweetened sticky rice, sago pearls, pandan jelly noodles (), and cubes of gelatine, coconut jelly, and a slice of white bread steeped in a concoction of sweetened coconut milk, served cold.
Thingyan rice is infused with water and commonly served with a salad of cured salted fish, which is blanched and fried with onions, along with sour mango or marian plum. [1] [2] The dish is then garnished with roasted chili peppers. [3] Although Thingyan rice originates from the Mon people, it is now commonly prepared throughout Lower Burma. [4]
According to Burmese traditional folklore, every year at the first day of Thingyan (the Burmese new year), Thagyamin visits the earth while being invisible. There, he observes every person: he records the names of good people in a golden book, and writes the names of evildoers in a book made of dog-skin leather.
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