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Locals riding vehicles get sprayed with water while celebrating Thingyan, Myanmar’s new year water festival, in central Yangon

Locals riding vehicles get sprayed with water while celebrating Thingyan, Myanmar's new year water festival, in central Yangon April 14, 2011. Myanmar celebrate the New Year Water Festival of Thingyan during the month of Tagu, which usually falls around mid-April. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY)

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