The Festivals In Myanmar
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| Most Burmese holidays are
holy days linked to Buddhism. Every month of the
calendar counts a main holiday. |
Tagu (March / April)
 Water Festival
is the new year of Burmese that is the most popular
festival among holidays of Myanmar. During 3 or 4 days
everybody participates in it.
They believe that the King of Gods (Thagyarmin)
visits our world during these days and he notes our good
and bad behavior of everything the year.
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Kason (April / May)
 Kason is a month blest for the
Buddhists. Buddha is not, obtain illumination and the
day of the full moon of Kason enters Nirvana.
The faithful go to the pagoda and water the banyan, the
blest tree under which Buddha attained floodlighting.
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Nayon (May / June)
The Burmese King Tharlun has institute
the holiday of Nayon in the 17th century. The monks, the
nuns but also the nondenominational come in examinations
on the Buddhist texts. The laureates are rewards by
titles and donations.
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Waso (June / July)
After passing religious exams, the
little monk enters the monastery. The beginners who are
enough ages become monks. The full moon day of Waso has
many remembrance; where the prince Siddharata; future
Buddha has leaved the palace. He taught his first sermon
to his 5 disciples or he has showed his supernatural
power. These months mark the beginning of the Lents
Buddhist during 3 months.
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Wagaung (July / August)
In the past, we usually donate to the
monks.
This custom disappeared but around the Mandalay (Tungbyon),
we celebrate the Nat festival.
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Tawthalin (July / September)
Traditionally, we organize the
competition of boats on rivers and lakes. This festival
still celebrates in some regions now a day (in the lake
Inle, Sagaing). Once, it was training for river battle.
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Thadingyut (September / October)
This festival began the remembrance of
the return of Buddha from paradise after discoursing to
his mother (died after his born). Everywhere is
illuminated the candles or oil lamps which are drifted
on the river. We also pay homage to the old persons and
to the professors. This full moon day marks the end of
the Buddhist Lent.
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Tazaungmon (October / November)
It is the second festival of light. We
organized the competitions of weaving the whole night;
the girls weave the dresses for the Buddha statues. They
have to terminate before the sun rise.
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Nadaw (November / December)
The festival of Nadaw (festival of nats)
disappeared because of the colonization of the country.
The meaning of Nadaw come Nat Pyaw who means (joy of
nats). Today, we pay homage to the writer.
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Pyatho (December / January)
They had organized in the past horse
races which allowed choosing the best rider for the
army.
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Tabodwe (January / February)
During the festival of Tabodwe, we
celebrate the hatmané festival means mixing sticky rice,
peanut, ginger, sesame and coconut. They take turns to
mix with giant wooden spoons.
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Taboung (February / March)
Once, we have constructed the pagodas in
sand at beside the rivers. This festival has almost
disappeared today.
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