Traditions of Yangon
3 traditions tied to Yangon.
๐ฒ๐ฒ Yangon, MyanmarThadingyutแแฎแแแบแธแแปแฝแแบ
A Burmese celebration and calendar month marking the completion of Buddhist Lent.Seasonal
๐ฒ๐ฒ Yangon, MyanmarThingyanแแแบแนแแผแแบ
A four-day water festival marking the Myanmar New Year, celebrated in April with merit-making and playful splashing.Festival
๐ฒ๐ฒ Yangon, Myanmar and 1 moreShinbyuแแพแแบแแผแฏ
A Burmese Buddhist rite in which a boy goes forth as a novice monk, often at New YearRite of passage
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Thingyan: Pagan era painter(s), Public domain, source
- Shinbyu: Lionslayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thadingyut: Aungzawtoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source