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    Karenni State Day held amid controversy
    January 16, 2015in Constitution, Karenni, Lead Story, News175by DVB
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    Karenni State Day held amid controversy

    The 63rd Karenni State Day celebrations are underway, though conflicting opinions of the occasion remain.

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    May 17, 2014in Culture, Features, Lead Story, News, Video455by PHYO WEI THEIN
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    A day in the life of a young mahout

    DVB spent a day with 11 year old mahout, Nga Sint, and his two Asian elephants, as he works all day to find enough food to feed the giant beasts…

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    Passing a pavilion in Rangoon. (PHOTO: DVB)
    Keep spraying – they’re not wet enough yet! (PHOTO: DVB)
    Thumb’s up! (PHOTO: DVB)
    April 16, 2014in Lead Story, News, Photos, Society300by DVB
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    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…

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    April 19, 2013in Photos142by REUTERS
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    Burma celebrates Thingyan

    Burma celebrates the Buddhist New Year Water Festival, Thingyan, which runs from 13-16 April. People celebrate by throwing water on each other to wash away the sins and bad luck…

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    April 11, 2013in Video3by DVB
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    Burma gets ready to celebrate Thingyan

    The Buddhist New Year water festival, Thingyan, will be celebrated this weekend across Burma and for the second time in nearly three decades the old art of Thangyat is back…

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    February 8, 2013in Video0by REUTERS
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    Residents prepare for Lunar New Year

    Residents of Chinatown in Rangoon predict a good year ahead for those born in the year of the snake as they prepare for Lunar New Year celebrations.

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