Mid-April marked Thingyan, the traditional Burmese new year. Normally a time for energetic water throwing, leisure travel, and raves, the water festival has lost much of its cheer since the coup of ...

YANGON: On the eve of the traditional Myanmar Thingyan, the Naypyidaw Myanmar Ata Thingyan was held in accordance with Myanmar traditional culture at the Naypyidaw Mayor's Thingyan Pavilion on Monday ...

Mumbai’s weekend lineup features everything from nostalgic bar crawls and rooftop cocktail nights to Burmese New Year ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating earthquake last month, Myanmar is missing out on the fun.

People take part in celebrations of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 13, 2024. Myanmar's vibrant Thingyan water festival kicked off on Saturday, with celebrations taking place ...

Mid-April is the time for the arrival of the vibrant Thingyan Festival, a five-day celebration that celebrates the Burmese New Year with water, festivity, and shared meals. In 2026, this spirit ...

It is dawn on Tuesday, the eve of Thingyan, Myanmar’s water festival that marks the new year. An anti-junta militant of the Karen National Union is starting his day, deep in the jungles of the Bago ...

YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- People in Myanmar are busy preparing for celebrating the country's traditional Thingyan water festival as it is drawing near. Inherited from ancient time, Myanmar ...

Traditional Thingyan water festival has kicked off in Myanmar’s regions and states in full swing. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein on Friday extended wishes to the people for a happy ...