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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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    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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    December 8, 2013in Culture, Lead Story, News, Video234by EMMA VON ZEIPEL
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    A first New Year’s festival at the Shan camp

    The refugees of Koung Jor camp decided to lay on their own Shan New Year’s festival for the first time inside the camp.

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