This is the biggest and most important pagoda festival in Central and Upper Myanmar. Villagers come to the festival in their decorated bullock carts and camp on the plain for the duration of the festival. The full moon day of the Myanmar month of Pyatho, which falls on January, marks the height of the celebrations, with one thousand monks from a hundred villages in the vicinity arriving to accept offerings of filled alms bowls. With their crops having recently been harvested, farmers have the time and the money to enjoy themselves.

Festival is celebrated at two pagodas which enshrine footprints of the Buddha. The site is on the bank of the Mann Creek, where bamboo cabins are erected every year for revellers to enjoy a cool swim during the heat of summer.

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It is a famous pagoda festival in Pyin Oo Lwin and several Shan and other ethnic groups from the hills come to sell their products

Pagoda festival with multitude of stalls, entertainments such as Zats, Anyeints, stage show and movies shown in the open air the whole night coming by ox-carts near villages.

The festival of Mahamuni Pagoda usually last 2 days. It is held on the full moon day of Thabodwe of Burmese calendar. As Mahamuni is one of the most famous pagoda in Myanmar,thousands of Buddhists go there to pay homage.

February is the coldest month in Myanmar and at the Maha Muni Pagoda Festival, devotees light bonfires and cook huge pans of sticky rice with ginger, coconut and sesame to offer to monks. In other parts of the country, this sticky rice is cooked as a celebration of the harvest and distributed within communities. In the evening, you can observe several kinds of entertainment such as Zat, Anyeint and popular movies in the open air. In the daytime, there are many stalls selling various kinds of Myanmar snack and other Myanmar products.

Htamane Festival is a competition between teams of men for the donation of Glutinous Rice to the Lord Buddha and Buddhist monks in the early morning on Full Moon Day. During the festival, cook giant pans of glutinous rice with ginger, coconut, peanuts and lots of sesame, which wrapped in banana leaves and given to neighbours and friends.

This festival takes place in Pa Khan, Yayzagyo township, Magwe division. It is a festival for Nat worshipers who worship Ko Gyi Kyaw Nat a happy spirit who loves to drink and gamble. The attended people sing and dance happily. The event is held in his hometown, Pa Khan, Yayzagyo township.

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45 minutes drive form Mandalay– Pyin Oo Lwin highway, this pagoda was built bySaw Mon Hla, queen of king Anawrahta, can see Pagan period mural at side pagodas’ walls.one of the King Anawrahta’s wives. Materials made of dried toddy palm leaves and local products are the best selling village products. Young people play water for fun in the Douhtawaddy River. You can also visit the pagodas by taking a small boat.

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Zalun Pyi Taw Pyan pagoda festival is held in a small town named Zalun near the Ayeyarwaddy river. It is a traditional Buddhist harvest festival and many religious Buddhist gather at the pagoda to pay homage and donations.

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100 miles far from Myintkyina. Yearly this festival is held for ten days. One intriguing fact is that two sandbanks are washed up by the waves before the festival and disappear into the lake shortly after the festival. People believe that one for human and the other for the gods.

Four Buddha Images brought out for display, worship and gilding with gold leaf. Especially Palaung tribes from the hill sell their products. Many kinds of gambling are allowed during the festival days only.

Many stalls selling delicious local food, Shan handicrafts, cheroots, Shan umbrella etc.., joining Shan tribes in their colourful costumes.

There are more than 2000 pagodas from several centuries ago in the complex. Pa-O, Shan and Danu national races come to celebrate this festival.

Traditional Shan festival in the northern part of Pyin Oo Lwin, about an hour drive from the downtown area.

It is one of the most famous pagodas in the region, located in the centre of the Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park in Yinmarbin County, Sagaing State. The festival is held by lighting to the Pagoda in Full Moon Day of Tabaung (March). There are many people from the surrounding area attending the festival. Visitors come here not only to attend the festival, but also to admire the beautiful nature of one of the most famous eco-tourist destinations in Myanmar.