2012 Yangon Water Festival aka Thingyan.
In Myanmar, water festival is celebrated throughout the country for 4 full days and for some leap years 5 days in April.
Some are anchoring on stages called “Man Dat” where people play water while others enjoy touring around city with cars without roofs to enjoy getting splashed in front of “Man Dat”.
Image Credit : Htoo Tay Zar
During Water Festival aka Thingyan in Myanmar, you can’t walk on streets throughout Myanmar without getting splashed!
A typical Myanmar lunch. This is taken at a Myanmar style restaurant in Bagan.
A Myanmar lunch includes one or a couple of main dish, two or three side dishes, a bowl of soup and Nga Pi (fish paste which is the most common and most traditional food in Myanmar).
Guess how much this all would cost. Believe it or not, you can eat all of those in buffet (yes, buffet. You can ask more until you can’t eat) for 2500 kyats which is equivalent to 3 USD!!!!!
Mont Lone Yay Paw : Boiled rice ball with jaggery which is super famous during Thingyan (Water Festival) in April.
Recipes and methods to cook some Myanmar traditional food broadcasted by SBS, Australia.
A statue of Pyit-Taing-Htaung which can be literally translated to “Always standing guy no matter how hard it has been thrown”. It is a famous traditional paper toy in Myanmar which always stands tall regardless the direction and action it has been thrown away. It is also a traditional inspirational symbol for those who are hardworking but with no proper achievement yet.
One of the most beautiful and unique ethnics in Myanmar. They are known as “Padaung” ethnics among locals.
Kayan women with neck rings, Myanmar(Burma), 1994 by Steve McCurry
There’s no greetings like “Good Morning” in Myanmar. People say only the words “Nay Kaung Lar” which means “How are you” on the street regardless of the time they meet. At work, they smile each other in the morning instead of word greetings.
