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    Stages removed after protest in Taunggyi
    November 3, 2016in Lead Story, News, Shan, Travel & Tourism471by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Stages removed after protest in Taunggyi

    Plans to build stages for viewing Taunggyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests are scrapped after local groups protest the commercialization of the event.

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    Commercialization of Taunggyi balloon festival opposed
    November 2, 2016in Lead Story, News, Shan, Travel & Tourism629by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Commercialization of Taunggyi balloon festival opposed

    Residents of Taunggyi say that commercialization of Taunngyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests will come at the expense of local people.

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    Thadingyut: Let there be light
    October 18, 2016in Arts, News, Photos650by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Thadingyut: Let there be light

    Thadingyut Festival marks the end of the Buddhist Lent with offerings of candles and other displays of light.

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    Two men electrocuted at Inle pagoda festival
    October 4, 2016in Accidents, Lead Story, News130by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Two men electrocuted at Inle pagoda festival

    Organisers of the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda Festival in Shan State said the incident would not affect the event, held annually on Inle Lake.

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    March 25, 2016in Culture, Lead Story, Photos374by DVB
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    Happy Holi days in Rangoon

    Burma’s most important holiday of the year, Thingyan, is just weeks away, but Holi, a two-day festival celebrated by the country’s more than 800,000 Hindus, has just ended. A colourful…

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    Security to be stepped up for water festival
    March 21, 2016in Crime, Culture, Lead Story, News336by DVB
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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.

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