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 ...

Myanmar is celebrating Thingyan, a Buddhist water festival, which sees thousands of people filing the streets to call in the new year. Beginning on 13 April (in the Western calendar), the four-day ...

YANGON — Instead of the usual water pistols, splashing and jubilant crowds during Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan, this year's holiday will see real guns, blood on the streets and grief over a ...

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 ...

If you missed celebrating the Burmese New Year in April, the limited-edition menu at Burma Burma has you covered. We previewed the Thingyan Festival menu and it has everything from street-style small ...

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 ...

Dancers performing during celebrations of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, April 13, 2026. The festival, marking the start of the Myanmar New Year, usually occurs in the ...

Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar authorities have banned the sale of alcohol in Nay Pyi Taw during the annual Thingyan Water Festival which begins on Monday.The four-day Thingyan festival marks the beginning of ...