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Thingyan

Thingyan (သင်္ကြန်), also known as the Myanmar New Year, is a festival that usually occurs in the middle of April. Thingyan marks the transition from the old year to the new one, based on the traditional Myanmar lunisolar calendar. The festival usually spans four to five days, culminating in New Year’s Day, and is one of the most anticipated public…

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Also called
Myanmar New Year
Begins
13 April
Date
13–16 April
Duration
4-5 days
Ends
16 April
Frequency
annual

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Day 1: Eve of Thingyan

Day 2: Descent

Day 5: New Year's Day

Holiday customs

Regional traditions

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Thingyan

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Edges101
Triples213
Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 31
Thingyan → AD, Aries, Bagan, Bagan Kingdom, Buddha, Burmese, Earth, Historians, Historical, In, It, King Anawrahta, King Narathihapate, Myanmar's, Once, Pagan Kingdom, Pisces, Pyu, Royal, Sankanta
related to Day 1: Eve of Thingyan · 22
Thingyan → Alms, Buddha, Buddhists, Burmese, Christian, Each, Eight Precepts, Eugenia, Five Precepts, Gaungsay Kyun, Gulf, Head Washing Island, In, Local, Martaban, Mawlamyine, Murraya, Nightfall, Padauk, Pterocarpus
related to Regional traditions · 21
Thingyan → As, Buddha, Burma, Dawei, In, Mon, Mon State, Myeik, New Year's Eve, On, Rakhine, Rakhine State, Sangkyan, Shan State, Tanintharyi Region, Thaman Kyar, The, The Bamar, The Rakhine, The Shan
related to Day 5: New Year's Day · 19
Thingyan → Acacia, At, Buddha, Burmese, Burmese New Year's Day, Dhamma, It, Many Burmese, New, New Year's, New Year's Day, On New Year's Day, Releasing, Sangha, Tayaw, The, Theravada Buddhism, They, Young
related to Day 2: Descent · 16
Thingyan → All, Children, Earth, In, It, Jambul, Maidens, Many, Pwè, Serious, Some, Thagyamin, The, Traditionally, Water, Yangon
related to Names · 14
Thingyan → Aries, Atā, Burmese, IPA-label-small, Mon, Pisces, Rakhine, Sangkran, Sangkyan, Sanskrit, Saṁkrānti, Shan, Sun, The
related to Origin story · 14
Thingyan → Arsi, Brahma's, Brahmas, Buddhist, Devas, Ganesha, Hindu, King, Sakra, Still, Thagyamin, The, The Brahma's, The King
related to External links · 10
Thingyan → April, GamesOld Thingyan, Gerry HainesThingyan Fun, Goto OsamiThingyan Photos, Goto OsamiThingyan Time, Suppress The Irrawaddy, The Irrawaddy, Their Disappointments Yeni, Traditional Songs Hard, When Fun-Loving Burmese Douse
related to Days 3 and 4: Eclipse and ascent · 8
Thingyan → In, It, Myanmar, New Year, Thagyamin, The, This, Traditionally
related to Global recognition · 6
Thingyan → Atā Thingyan Festival, December, Humanity, Intangible Cultural Heritage, On, UNESCO's Representative List

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water festival new year day also burmese called people one dance thagyamin days known traditional myanmar year's festivals tradition သင

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ThingyanAlso calledMyanmar New Year1.00infobox
ThingyanBegins13 April1.00infobox
ThingyanDate13–16 April1.00infobox
ThingyanDuration4-5 days1.00infobox
ThingyanEnds16 April1.00infobox
ThingyanFrequencyannual1.00infobox
ThingyanObservancesWater splashing, merit-making activities, gadaw, almsgiving1.00infobox
ThingyanObserved byMyanmar people1.00infobox
ThingyanRelated toSouth and Southeast Asian solar New Year1.00infobox
ThingyanSignificanceMarks the Myanmar New Year1.00infobox
Thingyanis asolar event calculated using the Surya Siddhanta0.90text
Thingyanis aBuddhist version of Hindu mythology0.90text
Thingyanis atime when uposatha observance days0.90text

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