Phaung Daw
00 Pagoda Festival
Where:
Inlay Lake, Nyaung Shwe Tsp., Southern
Shan State
When:
September 23 to October 13, 2007
Very
colourful festival when the 4 Buddha
Statues (out of 5) from Phaung Daw 00
Pagoda are taken around the lake on a
gided Karaweik royal barge.
Kahtein
Robe Offering Ceremony
Where: In
all monasteries allover the country
When: the whole month of the Myanmar
month ofTazaungmon (November)
Holy robes
are offered to the monks at the
monasteries. This offering of robes
enable the monks to acquire new robes in
place of the old ones that were soiled
during the monsoon season.
Hot Air Ballon Festival
Where:Taunggyi When: One week before the
Fullmoon of Tazaungmon to Fullmoon day
(November 17 to 24, 2007)
Pagoda in
the abode of the Celestial Beings by
sending up lighted hotair ballons. Now
this traditional is combined with a
competition to send up the most
elaborate and beautiful ballons of every
shape and size.
Where:Taunggyi
When:
Fullmoon night ofTazaungmon (November
24)
The people
ofTaunggyi and its environs march
through the town with decorated floats
and lighted candles to the Sulamuni
Pagoda at the edge of the town.
Lights Festival and weaving competition
Where:
Allover the country; Shwedagon Pagoda
When: Fullmoon ofTazaungmon (Novermber
24) An all-night weaving competition
takes place at the Shwedagon Pagoda, on
the night before the Fullmoon Day.
Manaw Festival
Where:
Myitkyina, Kachin State When: not fixed
yet Duration: 1 day
Traditional Kachin Manaw Festival to
celebrate the New Year. All the Kachin
clans will congregate at Myitkyina to
celebrate this event.
Naga New
Year
Where:
LaheTownship,Sagaing Division When:
14-15, January 2008 Duration: 2 days
One of the
most colourful ceremonies of the
country. Different tribes of Naga gather
by the hundreds in their colourful
costumes to perform ritual dances.
October-
December
2007
