Myanmar Water Festival
Myanmar Water Festival is held on April 14. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual.
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Water festival is the most significant annual festival on the Myanmar calendar. It marks the start of the New Year, the beginning of the Myanmar lunar calendar and celebrates life and rebirth. It has been celebrated since as early as the 13th century, marks the end of Cambodia's rainy season. This annual festival happens on the full moon of the Buddhist month of Kadeuk, the full moon is considered to bring good luck that can lead to an abundant harvest.
The Thingyan Festival runs, roughly, from 13th to 16th April each year; and signifies the end of the hot, dry season, as well as the chance to take stock, reflect and wash away the previous year's misgivings or bad luck.
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