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Myanmar is a Land of Festivals: a festival for every month of the year. Most festivals are cultural and religious. Majority are nation-wide celebrated while a few are distinctly regional. The dates of the festivals and special events are determined by the Lunar Year.

In January
Kachin Manau Festival 
Venue - Myitkyina, Kachin State 
Contact: Manau Festival Organizing Committee


The Tawt Malan or Padan Manau Festival.This festival is held to ensure victory in battle. In ancient times, it was like a battle cry issued forth to recruit warriors to march on enemies. Then there is the Ju Manau, which is a festival to pray for health, protection from harm, for offspring to carry on family traditions and other religious occasions.
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Ananda Pagoda Festival
Venue - Bagan in Mandalay Division

Shwe-set-taw Pagoda Festival (Minbu, Magway)
Venue - Minbu in Magway Division

Mahamuni Pagoda Festival 
Venue - Mandalay, Mandalay Division

Naga New Year Festival



Every  year  in  January.  NAGA  New  Year  is  celebrated.  This  year,  the  Festival  will  be  celebrated  in  Layshi,  Sagaing  Division,  Union  of  Myanmar.It  is  the  tradition  of  the  NAGA  people  to  share  joy  and  happiness  with  friends  and  guests  on  this  auspicious  New  Year  and  Thanksgiving  celebrations  to  mother  nature  for  granting  bountiful  harvest  for  all  year  round.Myanmar  is  a  land  of  diverse  topography  and  national  races.  High  up  on  the  mountains  of  North  West  Myanmar  are  the  proud  national  group,  known  to  the  world  as  NAGA,  one  of  the  over  100  different  national  residents  of  the  Union  of  Myanmar.

The  NAGA  Hills,  as  commonly  referred  to,  have  steep  slopes  and  deep  ravines.  Cold  wind  blows  during  the  winter  months.  Summer  months  are  not  hot  but  cool.  Streams  leap  over  huge  boulders  or  hiss  quietly  along.  The  climate  may  be  harsh  for  the  NAGA  people  and  those  of  the  brethren  Myanmar  nationals,  but  the  NAGA  New  Year  Festival  in  the  NAGA  Hills  will  give  each  and  every  visitor  to  Myanmar  an  experience  which  is  closer  to  nature,  and  an  experience  to  cherish.
 
 

Naga Festival 2007

Welcome to Naga Traditional New Year Festival, 2007

Yangon-Mandalay-Hkamti-Lahe-Hkamti-Mandalay-Yangon

(5 Days/4 Nights) s

January 12      :  Your flight leaves Yangon Airport to fly to Hkamti via Mandalay. More visitors come on board at Mandalay and the plane leaves for Hkamti, the nearest air terminal to Lahe. At Hkamti a welcoming committee waits for you and conducts you to the jetty. Cross the Chindwin river, one of the major tributaries of the mighty Ayeyarwaddy  to Sinthe Village. Enjoy Lunch and refreshments at  Sinthe village before continuing to Lahe by light air truck. Arrive at Lahe and check-in to your accommodations built  of  local materials. Dinner and rest for the night.
January 13      :    

Optional trekking and  visits to nearby villages and see the Naga people in their  daily lives. Lunch boxes  shall be provided at the reception and information counter.  Take rest and  have a nice sleep at Traditional  House.

January 14      :           

The traditional Naga Ceremonial Pole will be erected at the festival grounds and various Naga clans in  their traditional costumes will be there to participate. Explore  on your own  the  villages  in the vicinity or Lahe.

January 15      :          

The   Opening Ceremony of the Naga New Year begins on the festival grounds early  in the morning. Enjoy the traditional New Year Food and rice wine with the Naga community elders. At the end of the ceremony,  dance competitions by  the troupes from various Naga villages and sport events will start. Finally in the evening a large bonfire  shall  be  lit and everybody takes part in welcoming the Naga New Year dance  around the bonfire.

January 16       :    

You leave the Naga New Year Festival and head back home, either to Mandalay or Yangon. Service hereby comes to and end.

Tour Cost          : 

US$ 1200 per pax

For Tour Guide    : 

500, 000 kyats per pax.

 

  
Inclusive   
    Transportation    : Charter flight,  Four Wheel Drive &  Shuttle  Boat.

 
( Tour  Program  concluded )
 
Optional; After  Naga New  Year  Festival, other  interesting 
places   (but  restricted) like  Phakant (famous  for  its   Jade  mines), 
Mogoke (place  of  precious ruby  and  sapphire) and  Putao ( a northern 
most  town  with  snow   capped  mountain)  can  be  visited  with  our 
arrangement. So, kindly  contact  us.
 
 
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