Myanmar Festivals Calendar 2020 – 2021
Myanmar, land of many different local events and festivals contributes a fantastic opportunity to grasp the vibrant life and cultural activities of the ethnic Communities.
Current Month
january, 2021
14janAll Day16Naga New YearNaga New Year Festival
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The Naga, one of the over one hundred and fifty different ethnic tribes in Myanmar, lives in the remote area of Northwest Myanmar, Naga celebrates New Year for five days,
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The Naga, one of the over one hundred and fifty different ethnic tribes in Myanmar, lives in the remote area of Northwest Myanmar, Naga celebrates New Year for five days, during the time, they dance, perform, beat their drums, hold the tribal customs until midnight.
Not easily accessible due to rough terrain and a lack of modern infrastructure, the tribes of the Naga national group live in the far northwest near the Indian border. Every January they celebrate their New Year at a festival that brings various Naga tribes together to feast and dance. For the comfort of outside visitors, the festival site has western toilets and electric lights, as well as catered food, which is transported to the festival site to avoid straining the local resources.
There is no stronger demonstration of the diversity of culture than when one sees how many different Naga groups with different costumes, traditions and languages come together in one place.
source: Magical Myanmar
Time
january 14 (Thursday) – 16 (Saturday)
Location
Lahe
Chin state, Myanmar
24janAll Day11febAnanda Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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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
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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.
Time
January 24 (Sunday) – February 11 (Thursday)
Location
Bagan
Bagan,Myanmar
26janAll Day27Kachin Manaw FestivalNew year celebration of Kachin people
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The most popular festival of Kachin ethnic of Myanmar also a new year celebration of Kachin people. Events include like dancing around traditional poles, wearing colourful traditional costumes.The Manaw festival
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The most popular festival of Kachin ethnic of Myanmar also a new year celebration of Kachin people. Events include like dancing around traditional poles, wearing colourful traditional costumes.
The Manaw festival held in January is the largest and most important annual celebration in Kachin State when people celebrate the new year. People wear their best traditional dress at this time and dance collectively around the tall Manaw poles. The men wear woven shoulder bags and a silver sword in a sheath and women decorate their predominantly red dresses with silver all across the torso. The festival is held in Myitkyina on January.
source: Magical Myanmar
Time
january 26 (Tuesday) – 27 (Wednesday)
Location
Myitkyina
Kachin State, Myanmar
Current Month
february, 2021
24janAll Day11febAnanda Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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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
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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.
Time
January 24 (Sunday) – February 11 (Thursday)
Location
Bagan
Bagan,Myanmar
16febAll Day26Mann Shwe Settaw Pagoda festivalPagoda festival
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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
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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.
source: Magical Myanmar
Time
february 16 (Tuesday) – 26 (Friday)
Location
Minbu
Minbu township, Magwe Region, Myanmar
18febAll Day26Nyan Taw Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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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
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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
Time
february 18 (Thursday) – 26 (Friday)
Location
Pyin Oo Lwin
Pyin Oo Lwin,Mandalay
21febAll Day27Kyaikkhauk Pagoda (Taung Hteik ) festivalPagoda festival
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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.
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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.
Time
february 21 (Sunday) – 27 (Saturday)
Location
Thanlyin
Thanlyin, Yangon
25febAll Day26Mahamuni Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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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
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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.
Time
february 25 (Thursday) – 26 (Friday)
Location
Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar
26febAll DayHtamane FestivalGlutinous rice cooking festival is a traditional event in Myanmar
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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.
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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.
Time
All Day (Friday)
Location
Throughout the country
Myanmar
Current Month
march, 2021
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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
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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.
source: Magical Myanmar
Time
march 15 (Monday) – 22 (Monday)
Location
Yesagyo
Yesagyo Township, Magway Region
19marAll Day29Shwe Saryan Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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Handicraft at festivalShwe Saryan Pagoda festival
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Handicraft at festival
Shwe Saryan Pagoda festival
Local shop at the festival
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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Time
march 19 (Friday) – 29 (Monday) Myanmar
Location
Shwesaryan
Ongyaw, Mandalay
20marAll Day27Zalun Pyi Taw Pyan Pagoda festivalPagoda festival
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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
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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.
source: Magical Myanmar
Time
march 20 (Saturday) – 27 (Saturday)
Location
Zalun
Zalun township, Irrawaddy Region, Myanmar
20marAll Day28Indawgyi Festival, HopinIndawgyi Lake festival
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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
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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.
Time
march 20 (Saturday) – 28 (Sunday)
Location
Indawgyi Lake
Hopin, Kachin State
22marAll Day27Baw-Gyo FestivalPagoda festival in Hsipaw
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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
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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.
Time
march 22 (Monday) – 27 (Saturday)
Location
Hsipaw
Hsipaw, Shan State
23marAll Day07aprPindaya Cave Pagoda FestivalPindaya Cave Festival
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Many stalls selling delicious local food, Shan handicrafts, cheroots, Shan umbrella etc.., joining Shan tribes in their colourful costumes.
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Many stalls selling delicious local food, Shan handicrafts, cheroots, Shan umbrella etc.., joining Shan tribes in their colourful costumes.
Time
March 23 (Tuesday) – April 7 (Wednesday)
Location
Pindaya
Pindaya, Shan State
26marAll Day29Mwe Taw Kakku Pagoda FestivalKakku Pagoda Festival in Taunggyi
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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.
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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.
Time
march 26 (Friday) – 29 (Monday)
Location
Taunggyi
Taunggyi, Shan State
27marAll DayNay Win Taung Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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Traditional Shan festival in the northern part of Pyin Oo Lwin, about an hour drive from the downtown area.
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Traditional Shan festival in the northern part of Pyin Oo Lwin, about an hour drive from the downtown area.
Time
All Day (Saturday)
Location
Pyin Oo Lwin
Pyin Oo Lwin,Mandalay
27marAll DayAlaungdaw Kathapa Pagoda FestivalFamous Pagoda Festival
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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
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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.
Time
All Day (Saturday)
Location
Monywa
Monywa,Myanmar
Current Month
april, 2021
23marAll Day07aprPindaya Cave Pagoda FestivalPindaya Cave Festival
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Many stalls selling delicious local food, Shan handicrafts, cheroots, Shan umbrella etc.., joining Shan tribes in their colourful costumes.
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Many stalls selling delicious local food, Shan handicrafts, cheroots, Shan umbrella etc.., joining Shan tribes in their colourful costumes.
Time
March 23 (Tuesday) – April 7 (Wednesday)
Location
Pindaya
Pindaya, Shan State
01aprAll Day11Maung Dong Nat FestivalMaung Dong Nat Festival in Monywa
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This festival is known to be the most important gathering of witches imaginable. According to the legend, Ye Kin Kadaw, the Queen of the Witches, the favourite wife of King
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This festival is known to be the most important gathering of witches imaginable. According to the legend, Ye Kin Kadaw, the Queen of the Witches, the favourite wife of King Taung U, had extraordinary powers. The king sent her into exile, as his other wives did not like her supernatural power. She went to Maung Dong, where she got drowned. Her oldest statue, only 30 centimetres high, can thus be found in Maung Dong. During this festival, all 37 kinds of nats will be placed in a shrine, devotees offering them bunches of bananas, green coconuts, betel leaves, colourful arrangements of flowers and ‘money bouquets’.
Time
april 1 (Thursday) – 11 (Sunday)
Location
Monywa
Monywa,Myanmar
05aprAll Day11Ah-Lone Nat FestivalAh-Lone Nat Festival in Monywa
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On the Shwe Bo Road, twelve kilometres north of Monywa, the town of Ah-Lone celebrates its festival in March. The heroine of this festival is Ma Ngwe Daung (Ms Silver
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On the Shwe Bo Road, twelve kilometres north of Monywa, the town of Ah-Lone celebrates its festival in March. The heroine of this festival is Ma Ngwe Daung (Ms Silver Wings) who was a daughter of the Ah-Lone Bodaw, a minor Indian prince who came through Tamu and Kalaymyo to Myanmar. The celebration of this festival is related to the love story of Ma Ngwe Daung. During the festival, the pilgrims appeal to Ma Ngwe Daung to give them the opportunity to have as many mistresses as hairs on their head. The festival appeals also to pilgrims wishing to control or to spirit away illness with the waters on offer there.
Time
april 5 (Monday) – 11 (Sunday)
Location
Monywa
Monywa,Myanmar
13aprAll Day17Thingyan Myanmar Water FestivalThingyan, Tagu, Myanmar Water Festival
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Thingyan is Burmese new year festival usually falls around mid-April, the Burmese month of Tagu. The water festival is held all over the country in a belief of cleansing away
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Thingyan is Burmese new year festival usually falls around mid-April, the Burmese month of Tagu. The water festival is held all over the country in a belief of cleansing away the evil deeds in the past year with water.
Time
april 13 (Tuesday) – 17 (Saturday)
Location
Country Wide
Myanamr
19aprAll Day01mayShwemawdaw Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival in Bago
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Classical theatre troupes perform their best here so they will be booked by agents for the next pagoda festival season.
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Classical theatre troupes perform their best here so they will be booked by agents for the next pagoda festival season.
Time
April 19 (Monday) – May 1 (Saturday)
Location
Bago
Bago, Myanmar
Current Month
may, 2021
19aprAll Day01mayShwemawdaw Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival in Bago
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Classical theatre troupes perform their best here so they will be booked by agents for the next pagoda festival season.
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Classical theatre troupes perform their best here so they will be booked by agents for the next pagoda festival season.
Time
April 19 (Monday) – May 1 (Saturday)
Location
Bago
Bago, Myanmar
25mayAll DayFull Moon Day Of KasonRitual of pouring water on the Mahabodhi Tree
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Kason (May) is the second month in Myanmar calendar and it is the hottest month of the summer, drying up water in lakes, ponds, streams, rivers. “Bodhi” is a Pali
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Kason (May) is the second month in Myanmar calendar and it is the hottest month of the summer, drying up water in lakes, ponds, streams, rivers. “Bodhi” is a Pali word meaning “knowing” or “perceiving”. devotees regard such trees and forests as sacred and they respect them. Pilgrims pour water on the Bodhi trees which Buddha gained enlightenment under that kind of tree.
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Location
Country Wide
Myanamr
25mayAll DaySand Stupa Festival (Yahai)Sand Stupa Festival
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Stupas with five segments are built with sand within 01 night. Each layer of white sand is supported by bamboo-mats and -posts
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Stupas with five segments are built with sand within 01 night. Each layer of white sand is supported by bamboo-mats and -posts
Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Location
Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar
Current Month
june, 2021
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Current Month
july, 2021
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Myanmar traditional caneball plaingMyanmar caneball
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Myanmar traditional caneball plaing
Myanmar caneball
Playing Caneball
Chin Lone (cane ball) tournament held in Mahamuni Pagoda compound almost a month for every day and night. Cane ball players from all over the country come up to Mandalay to enjoy this festival. We can enjoy to see several ways of playing Chinlon and racing by either team or individual with local folk music. Actually it begins about a month before the ending date but the last week displays the skill of the best teams.
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Time
july 14 (Wednesday) – 24 (Saturday)
Location
Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar
23julAll DayFull Moon Day of Waso in Myanmar CalendarCeremony of offering robes to the monk’s
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Waso is the fourth Myanmar month. It is part summer and part monsoon.The full-moon day of Waso is significant as the day the embryo-Buddha was conceived, the day Buddha preached
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Waso is the fourth Myanmar month. It is part summer and part monsoon.
The full-moon day of Waso is significant as the day the embryo-Buddha was conceived, the day Buddha preached the first sermon of Dhamma Cakka, the day He performed the miracles. It is a time of ordination and novitiation into the religious order, with these events held since the days of ancient Myanmar monarchs for the flourishing of the Sasana. There is also a practice of young men and women going on outings of gathering flowers to be offered at Buddha images. A significant practice of Waso is the offering of monk’s robes to members of the Sangha for use during the Lent and so these robes are called Waso robes. Likewise there are also big candles called Waso candles offered at this time of the year. Among lay people it is also a time to offer elders cakes,fruits and other offertories.
In some years, there are two full moons in the month of Waso. The main festivals are celebrated around the second Waso fullmoon which falls in July. This festival commemorates the time when the Buddha gave His first sermon to five monks. Pilgrims throughout the country gather wild flowers to offer at pagodas, and offer new robes to monks. The Buddhist Lend period is from the full moon of Waso until the fullmoon of Thadingyut.
Time
All Day (Friday)
Location
Country Wide
Myanamr
Current Month
august, 2021
09augAll Day12Shwe Kyun Pin Nat FestivalGood harvest festival in Mingun village
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This festival is a regional Nat festival, keepers of the Ayeyarwaddy River. After harvest time, hundreds of farmers, wearing colourful dresses, arrive with their beautifully decorated bullock carts at the
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This festival is a regional Nat festival, keepers of the Ayeyarwaddy River. After harvest time, hundreds of farmers, wearing colourful dresses, arrive with their beautifully decorated bullock carts at the Myatheindan Pagoda. They build a big tent as temporary housing for the nat images. During these days the mediums perform Nat Dances in order to be granted a good harvest for the next season and to the delight of hundreds of spectators. Can observe several kinds of ceramic wares from Sagaing and Kyaukmyaung are laid out at the bank of the river for sale during the festival.
Time
august 9 (Monday) – 12 (Thursday)
Location
Mingun
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This festival is known as a major gathering spot for spiritual mediums. Hundreds of believers and mediums (natkadaw) come once a year to Taung Byone. It is the
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This festival is known as a major gathering spot for spiritual mediums. Hundreds of believers and mediums (natkadaw) come once a year to Taung Byone. It is the most impressive Nat festival in Myanmar.
Taung Pyone is the site where two brother serving a king of Bagan in the 11th century were executed. They became powerful spirits or Nat. This festival in their honor is attended by tens of thousands of mediums and worshipers. A ritual is celebrated each day. Toddy palm wine, whisky, rum, grilled rabbit and fried chicken are offered to the two spirit brothers. Orchestras come to play for the mediums who dance to make the spirits joyful.
Myanmar is a land of festivals. They reflect the cultural diversity of the country’s many ethnic groups. The Taung Pyone festival this month is a colorful event celebrating the traditions and beliefs of the Myanmar people and paying tribute to the venerated nats, or spirits. Myanmar people believe that nats can bring good omens, foresee the future and provide guidance. Taung Pyone, which dates back to the Bagan period and is one of Myanmar’s biggest festivals, draws hordes of visitors who believe nats from all over the country come to enjoy the celebrations.
The most important spirit or nat festival is the Taung Pyone Festival held in August or September each year. This ancient village near Mandalay was where the two brothers Min Gyi and Min Galay were unfairly executed so it is their main shrine. Eleven days of rituals are conducted by officials. Dressed in silks and stins, and made up as if for traditional dance performance, spirit mediums dance while being possessed, and the spirit in them ‘eats’ the food offered by smelling, although with drinks such as whisky they can drink up the whole bottle in several swallows without the medium getting drunk. A traditional orchestra of a drum circle, oboe, cymbals, brass gongs and the big drum accompanies the dances with music especially composed for the spirits. Mediums dance and sing while cash notes are pined to the medium’s jacket by the donors and more tossed to the musicians and spectors.
Time
august 15 (Sunday) – 22 (Sunday)
Location
Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar
Current Month
september, 2021
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The Yadana Gu Nat Festival is also known as Mother of Taung Byone festival. One of the reasons why this event is enjoyable is the necessity of travelling to the
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The Yadana Gu Nat Festival is also known as Mother of Taung Byone festival. One of the reasons why this event is enjoyable is the necessity of travelling to the festival site by boat. The festival is held each year to honour Medaw (Mother of the two Lords), Mewanna.
This event is held immediately after the Taung Byone festival, near Mandalay, wich attracts thousands of mediums and devotees who pay homage to the power of nats. Every year, the festival starts on the 10 days after full moon day of the Myanmar month of Wagaung and lasts about five days.
The Yadana Gu Pagoda festival and Yadana Gu Nat festival are held simultaneously. During the festivals, boats carrying offerings and filled with dancers and musicians perform in homage to the nats ply the Ayeyarwady River near Mandalay and Amarapura. Most of the pilgrims are from Mandalay, Amarapura, Tada Oo, Sagaing and Monywa.
This one is known as mother of Taung Byone. Most enjoyable festival because of the rowing boat trip to the site. The festival is held annually in honor of Mt.Popa.
This festival honours the mother of the two spirit brothers reffered to above. She is the Goddess of Popa and her main shrine is on Popa Crest, near Bagan. She too is a powerful spirit and protector of women.
Time
september 3 (Friday) – 5 (Sunday)
Location
Amarapura
Mandalay
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The Bo Bo Gyi nat festival is one of Myanmar’s famous annual festivals and runs for 12 days. Bo bo Gyi, also known as Myint Phyu Shin, is
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The Bo Bo Gyi nat festival is one of Myanmar’s famous annual festivals and runs for 12 days. Bo bo Gyi, also known as Myint Phyu Shin, is one of 37 spirits in the nat pantheon which predates which predates Buddhism but has long been integrated into indigenous religious belied. The ritual of offering food to the spirit is the main event of this festival.
Bo Bo Gyi is known as the Rider of the White Horse and is a poltergeist who provides protection from danger and enemies. On the eve of the ceremony, devotees throw packets of tea leaves at each other. Those who are hit must pledge to attend the following year’s festival.
The celebrations start at the entrance to the village, on the altar of Myin Hpyu Shin Bo Bo Gyi. In accordance with custom, villagers prepare five sets of trays, each with seven vegetables and seven pieces of pork.The offerings must be carefully arranged and include steamed rice, tri-coloured glutinous rice and rice formed into animal-shaped cakes.Other staples are pumpkin,coconut,banana,dried fish and fried chilies, garnished with tea leaves and betel nut. The main feature is the pork, which is served on its own or minced into porridge. Offering pork to Bo Bo Gyi is a unique feature of the event because offerings of pork are taboo at other nat festivals.
The Bo Bo festival is also unique for being alcohol-free: alcohol is regarded as an essential offering to the nats at other festivals. Devotees at the Bo Bo Gyi festival do not sing or dance. They simply cook together, worship together and enjoy the food offerings with friends, family, relatives and pilgrims visiting from other areas. The participants believe that they will enjoy health, happiness and good luck.
Time
13 (Monday) 12:00 am – 25 (Saturday) 11:59 pm
Location
Amarapura
Mandalay
Current Month
october, 2021
06octAll Day09Indein Pagoda festivalPagoda festival
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This Buddhist ceremony is held at the ancient pagoda complex annually. The complex comprises of thousands of stupas. It is located on a canal away from the main body of
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This Buddhist ceremony is held at the ancient pagoda complex annually. The complex comprises of thousands of stupas. It is located on a canal away from the main body of Inle lake and surrounded by bamboo forests.
source: Magical Myanmar
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Time
october 6 (Wednesday) – 9 (Saturday)
Location
Inle Lake
Nyaung Shwe, Shan State
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Four of the Hpaung Daw Oo Pagoda’s five Buddha images are carried on a golden barge to spend the night at villages around Inle Lake. Their arrival at
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Four of the Hpaung Daw Oo Pagoda’s five Buddha images are carried on a golden barge to spend the night at villages around Inle Lake. Their arrival at the villages is greeted with ceremonies and rejoicing. Thousands of people from communities around the lake and villages in the surrounding mountains carry offerings of fruit and flowers on lacquer trays in boats and pay homage as the holy barge passes. Teams of the lake’s famous leg-rowers compete in annual boat races and it is the one and only place in the world.
One significant of its festivities is the procession of four Buddha images, flanked and followed by more than two dozen longboats that are paddled by literally hundreds of boatmen around the Inle Lake, a large area of freshwater popular with local travelers as well as those from many foreign countries.
The festivities take 18 days, beginning of end of September and wrapping them up in early October. Most of the year, the images together with the fifth one are enshrined at the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda or temple in Nyaung Shwe township, Taunggyi District. During the procession, the four images deformed with heavy applies of gold leaves over by devotees stop each and every village in and along the Lake’s shores in order to allow villagers to pay homage to.
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Time
october 6 (Wednesday) – 23 (Saturday)
Location
Inle Lake,Nyaung Shwe
South Shan State
15octAll Day10novMya Thalon Pagoda FestivalFamous Pagoda festival in Magway
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The festival is celebrated, like other pagoda festivals in Myanmar, at Mya-Tha-Lon pagoda, which is situated on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River, in Magway. Always start from the 10th of
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The festival is celebrated, like other pagoda festivals in Myanmar, at Mya-Tha-Lon pagoda, which is situated on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River, in Magway. Always start from the 10th of Thi-din-kyut for 20 days, the festival is alive with the mass of people who are offering nutrients to Buddhist monks as well as 9000 oil lamps to the pagoda, and the view of those enormous lamps creates the implausible beauty of the pagoda together with the pleasant night scenes of the Ayeyarwaddy. Massive crowd, Burmese conventional operas and many shops along the lane near the pagoda bestow participants’ unforgettable motion and experiences.
Time
October 15 (Friday) – November 10 (Wednesday)
Location
Magway
Magway Region,Myanmar
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Kyauktawgyi Paya Festival is one of the largest festivals in Mandalay usually held in October and locals and foreign visitors are crowded at such a time. This festival usually begins
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Kyauktawgyi Paya Festival is one of the largest festivals in Mandalay usually held in October and locals and foreign visitors are crowded at such a time. This festival usually begins one day before the fullmoon day of Thadingyut and its focus is a huge Buddha image carved from a block of marble. This festival is for all pagodas at the foot of Mandalay Hill with a multitude of stalls, especially Zat entertainment, the offering of filled alms bowls to thousands of monks. The festival coincides with an annual competition among teams of cane-ball(chinlon) players.


Time
october 17 (Sunday) – 24 (Sunday)
Location
Mandalay
Mandalay, Myanmar
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Elephant perform on the stageElephant dancing
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Elephant perform on the stage
Elephant dancing
Elephant dancing festival
Dancing Elephant Festival is one of the famous festivals in Myanmar. It is held in Kyaukse surrounded by paddy fields and 30 miles (50 km) to the south of Mandalay. Elephant dance competition is celebrated at annual Light Festival on full moon day of Thadingyut mostly in October. Competition of decorated cloth elephant dancing with two men inside, giving the gold prize to the winner.
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Time
october 19 (Tuesday) – 20 (Wednesday)
Location
Kyaukse
Mandalay
19octAll Day20Manuha Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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Manuha pagoda festival is one of the famous festivals in Bagan. The festival is held annually one day before the Full Moon Day of Tawtalin. The Myinkaba region dwellers donate rice
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Manuha pagoda festival is one of the famous festivals in Bagan. The festival is held annually one day before the Full Moon Day of Tawtalin. The Myinkaba region dwellers donate rice cakes and pickled winter melon to the visitors during the festival.


Time
october 19 (Tuesday) – 20 (Wednesday)
Location
Bagan
Bagan,Myanmar
19octAll Day21Thadingyut Lighting FestivalThadingyuthe festival is the Lighting Festival of Myanmar
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Thadingyut is the seventh month of the Myanmar calendar (roughly coinciding with October). Monks who spend three months of lent, from the full moon day of Wazo to
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Thadingyut is the seventh month of the Myanmar calendar (roughly coinciding with October). Monks who spend three months of lent, from the full moon day of Wazo to the full moon day of Thadingyut, at their monasteries can now travel freely to spread the Teachings of the Lord Buddha. Thus, the Thadingyut festival marks the end of Lent and is one of the biggest festivals on the Buddhist calendar.
This festival commemorates the time when the Buddha returned to earth after preaching in the abode of celestials during the three months of lent. He descended at night and devotees greeted Him with lamps and lanterns. People light candles around their houses and in the streets and homes are decorated with colourful lights. Pagodas, houses, public buildings, parks and monuments are all illuminated and there are various activities for everyone to enjoy.
A tradition of Thadingyut, or October is that younger members of the family or the office or schools pay obeisance(Kadaw) to their elders and teachers. They pay obeisance by kneeling on the floor, holding their joined palms to the forehead bending odwn three times to touch the floor, in the same manner as respect is paid to an image of the Buddha. This ritual is also performed on the traditional New Year, which falls in April. It is normal for children to ‘Kadaw’ their parents every night before they go to bed or before leaving on a journey.

Time
october 19 (Tuesday) – 21 (Thursday)
Location
Throughout the country
Myanmar
Current Month
november, 2021
15octAll Day10novMya Thalon Pagoda FestivalFamous Pagoda festival in Magway
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The festival is celebrated, like other pagoda festivals in Myanmar, at Mya-Tha-Lon pagoda, which is situated on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River, in Magway. Always start from the 10th of
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The festival is celebrated, like other pagoda festivals in Myanmar, at Mya-Tha-Lon pagoda, which is situated on the bank of Ayeyarwaddy River, in Magway. Always start from the 10th of Thi-din-kyut for 20 days, the festival is alive with the mass of people who are offering nutrients to Buddhist monks as well as 9000 oil lamps to the pagoda, and the view of those enormous lamps creates the implausible beauty of the pagoda together with the pleasant night scenes of the Ayeyarwaddy. Massive crowd, Burmese conventional operas and many shops along the lane near the pagoda bestow participants’ unforgettable motion and experiences.
Time
October 15 (Friday) – November 10 (Wednesday)
Location
Magway
Magway Region,Myanmar
11novAll Day18Maha Ant Htoo Kanthar Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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The festival includes a Ma Tho Thingan (weaving competition for special yellow monks’ robes) for Maha Ant Htoo Kan Thar Pagoda, the donation of 9000 oil lamps, drone duels and flower shows,
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The festival includes a Ma Tho Thingan (weaving competition for special yellow monks’ robes) for Maha Ant Htoo Kan Thar Pagoda, the donation of 9000 oil lamps, drone duels and flower shows, games and other entertainment.


Time
november 11 (Thursday) – 18 (Thursday)
Location
Pyin Oo Lwin
Pyin Oo Lwin,Mandalay
13novAll Day18Balloon Flying FestivalTazaungdaing fire balloon festival in Taunggyi
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Hot-air balloon festival is held one week before the full-moon day of Tazaungmone. This festival is very well-known as one of the most famous festival in country.During the
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Hot-air balloon festival is held one week before the full-moon day of Tazaungmone. This festival is very well-known as one of the most famous festival in country.During the festival, giant hot air balloons of various colors and shapes are sent up to the sky. Young people of Taunggyi of crazy about competing in the festival.
Teams from various towns and villages make balloons out of cloth and paper in the shape of birds or animals for the daytime competitions, and those decorated with tails of small paper lanterns for night. Before setting them off, the teams carry their balloon around town to show off with dance and music. On the night of the full-moon the townsfolk parade around town carrying lanterns and offerings to be placed at the pagoda.
Also known as Tazaungdaing Fire Balloon Festival, the daytime competitions are for balloons made in animal or bird shapes and at night fire balloons are decorated with strings of lanterns or designs made of lights. The balloons have a bamboo frame over which hand-made paper is glued. The hot air is generated by burning rags under the opening. Balloons are judged for size, style, design and the time they remain aloft. On the night of the full-moon Taunggyi townsfolk hold a parade around the town carrying colorful lanterns.


Time
november 13 (Saturday) – 18 (Thursday)
Location
Taunggyi
Taunggyi, Shan State
13novAll Day20Shwezigon Pagoda FestivalFamous pagoda festival in Bagan
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Yearly festival of shwezigon pagoda is celebrated on the fullmoon day of Tazaungmone and it is one of the most famous and liveliest pagoda festivals in Bagan. The festival has
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Yearly festival of shwezigon pagoda is celebrated on the fullmoon day of Tazaungmone and it is one of the most famous and liveliest pagoda festivals in Bagan. The festival has been held since the Bagan dynasty. On the full moon day, there is a ritual of offering a filled alms bowl to a thousand and more monks and novices. Lacquerware, glazed pots and hand woven cotton blankets are sold by villagers living in the region at this great country fair.


Time
november 13 (Saturday) – 20 (Saturday)
Location
Bagan
Bagan,Myanmar
16novAll Day18Thanboddhay Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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The Thanboddhay padoga in Monywa is the only pagoda with this unique shape in the whole country and one of the most intricately decorated temples in the country with an extensive
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The Thanboddhay padoga in Monywa is the only pagoda with this unique shape in the whole country and one of the most intricately decorated temples in the country with an extensive use of vibrant colors housing over 500,000 different Buddha images, row upon row in ascending tiers in niches along the walls.
The pagoda was started on 20th June 1939 and completed on 2nd March 1952. During the second World War thousands of people trying to get away from the war lived on the temple grounds.
If you can go at the beginning of the Myanmar month of Tazaungmone ( usually around November) the pagoda festival is held with musical performances, dancing, lots of food and vendors selling their wares. The villagers from all around come to enjoy the music and dancing. and buy from the various stalls set up by sellers from all over the country.
Myanmar Thanaka, sandalwood and textiles such as cotton blankets and longyi are sold at the various stalls around the area.
The Thanboddhay is just a few kilometers away from the giant Buddhas of the Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung monastery.


Time
november 16 (Tuesday) – 18 (Thursday)
Location
Monywa
Monywa,Myanmar
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In offering robes to the Monks, there is no restriction on when robes should be offered but Mathoe Robe has a special significance. Mathoe robe means the weaving of the
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In offering robes to the Monks, there is no restriction on when robes should be offered but Mathoe Robe has a special significance. Mathoe robe means the weaving of the robe must be completed and must be offered to the Buddha before dawn. It becomes an unsuccessful work if the weaving of the robes is delayed. Story is that the Buddha would soon renunciate, the Buddha’s mother, Maya, who had been reborn in the Tavatimsa heaven, spent the entire night weaving yellow monk robes for Buddha. Gotami sister of Maya (Buddha’s aunt) continued this tradition and offered new robes annually. In this way robes weaving contests are celebrating in all over Myanmar. During these competitions, contestants work nonstop from night until dawn to weave these garments.
The most significant Mathoe robes weaving contests in Myanmar is the one which celebrated on the Great Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. Around nine teams of 60 religious associations of the Shwedagon Pagoda usually join in the contests in the evening of the eve of the the full moon day of month Tazaungmone. Each contesting team has six members including the team leader. When the contests stop at 10 P.M, the team which can finish earliest and which can weave the best quality is chosen by judges as the winner and are given the prizes. This ceremony is not only portrays good deeds of Myanmar people but also encourage the act of traditional weaving.


Time
november 17 (Wednesday) – 18 (Thursday)
Location
Yangon
Yangon, Myanmar
17novAll Day19Pho Win Taung Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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This ceremony will be held around mid of Nov for a couple of days. There will be a market full of herbal leaves, roots, fruits, barks, thorns, tubers and stems
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This ceremony will be held around mid of Nov for a couple of days. There will be a market full of herbal leaves, roots, fruits, barks, thorns, tubers and stems of any herbal value from the western wildness of Chindwin River which is sold on the large scale.
Time
november 17 (Wednesday) – 19 (Friday)
Location
Monywa
Monywa,Myanmar
18novAll Day23Kaunghmudaw Pagoda FestivalPagoda festival
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Kaunghmudaw pagoda festival is one of the famous pagodas in central Myanmar. The festival where the caravan of bullock carts in the pagoda compound carrying their village products such as
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Kaunghmudaw pagoda festival is one of the famous pagodas in central Myanmar. The festival where the caravan of bullock carts in the pagoda compound carrying their village products such as hand-woven cotton cloths and handmade mats.
Time
november 18 (Thursday) – 23 (Tuesday)
Location
Sagaing
Sagaing, Myanmar
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On the platform of the Kyalk-hti-yo ‘Golden Rock’ Pagoda devotees light nine thousand lamps to welcome the New Year and to give thanks to Buddha’s peaceful philosophy. The magical Golden
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On the platform of the Kyalk-hti-yo ‘Golden Rock’ Pagoda devotees light nine thousand lamps to welcome the New Year and to give thanks to Buddha’s peaceful philosophy. The magical Golden Rock Pagoda, a golden spire, sits on top a huge boulder covered with gold leaf and perched on the edge of cliff.
Time
November 19 (Friday) – October 21 (Thursday)
Location
Mon state
Mon State,Myanamr
Current Month
december, 2020
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