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Security to be stepped up for water festival
Police in Rangoon Division are gearing up for next month's Thingyan water festival with plans to have 3,500 officers on duty at all times.
Rangoon revels in New Year water party
People in Burma have flocked onto the streets of Rangoon throughout this week, dancing and spraying water on one another to celebrate Thingyan festival and the ushering in of a traditional new year.
Burma’s New Year water festival – in pictures
The Water Festival is in many ways a rain-dance, a way of making sacred the last drops of water for the year in the robust faith that the heavens will bestow rainwater in return. And in fact, it does seem to work.
Campaigners urge Thingyan revellers to avoid unruly behaviour, drunkenness
Rangoon youth groups launch a campaign urging revellers celebrating the Thingyan Water Festival to avoid unruly behaviour, drunkenness and dressing inappropriately as a measure to protect Burma’s image.
Meikhtila gears up for first Thingyan after riots
Last year's Thingyan celebrations were cancelled in Meikhtila, Mandalay Division, after deadly riots devastated the town. Residents still reeling from the incident await this year's water festival with extra enthusiasm.
Rangoon gets security-conscious for Thingyan
Rangoon Division police say they are implementing various security measures to ensure the safety of all revellers during the Thingyan water festival
