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
Residents of Taunggyi say that commercialization of Taunngyi’s annual hot-air balloon contests will come at the expense of local people.
Thadingyut: Let there be light
Thadingyut Festival marks the end of the Buddhist Lent with offerings of candles and other displays of light.
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.
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…
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.