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Thingyan, also known as the Myanmar New Year, is a festival that usually occurs in middle of April. Celebrated over a period of four to five days, Thingyan culminates in the New Year. Celebrated over a period of four to five days, Thingyan culminates in the New Year.
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.
The song contains a description of Thingyan sense on Mandalay Hill and Nandar Lake. The song was selected as one of the greatest Thingyan theme songs of all time. [2] [3] Since "Man Taung Yeik Kho" song was a national legacy song of Thingyan festival, as the saying goes, "Thingyan will not be complete without Man Taung Yeik Kho ". [4]
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Thingyan Moe (Burmese: သင်္ကြန်မိုး, English: Rain in the Water Festival) is a 1985 Burmese film directed by Maung Tin Oo and starring Nay Aung, Zin Wine, Khin Than Nu and May Than Nu. The movie follows the life of a musician from 1959 to 1982, with many of the scenes set at traditional Thingyan celebrations. [1]