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TAZAUNGDAING LIGHTS
FESTIVAL
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would like to inform another festival of lights similar
to that of Thadingyut is usually held on the full moon
day of Tazaungmone in November for three days all over
Myanmar. It will fall on 12th November in this year.
Houses, office, shops and streets are decorated with
electric lights and total of 9999 candles are
ceremoniously lit at the pagodas.
Tazaungmone is that of offering a special kind of robe
to monks. The robes are accompanied by other requisites
for monasteries. One unique offering is currency notes
of various denominations and pa-de-tha tree is back,
hung with things like packets of yellow robes and other
requisites, like a Christmas tree. Long processions of
devotees carry the beautifully decorated offerings to
the monastery concerned.
One ancient custom of the festival is eating mezali bud
salad on the full-moon night in the belief that it will
ward off diseases.
The night after the full moon day is fanciful for the
young men! They remove shop-signs, pieces of furniture
and other movables from shops and homes in the small
hours of the full-moon night and leave them at a
distance. The young practical-jokers have great fun
watching the owners hurry about in the morning looking
for their missing things.
If you have plan to visit to Myanmar in November, don’t
miss out this rare opportunity!
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Shwezigon Pagoda Festival
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pagoda festival is held in Tazaungmone, the eighth month
in Myanmar calendar, which falls in October/November of
each year depending on Lunar Calendar. It will start
from 3rd November in this year 2008.
The villagers from nearby villages come by
bullock-carts, some come by bamboo rafts or sailing
boats especially the pottery people from the north sails
down the Ayeyarwaddy with their all sizes of clay pots
to sell in the festival. People who comes to the
festival pay homage to the pagoda, enjoy the trading,
see the show, learn about the people from the different
part of their little world, then go back home refreshed
and relaxed in anticipation of the coming plough season.
It lasts for 23 days during which one can find food
stalls, fun-fairs, shops selling local products, dance/
drama/ theatrical shows, magic shows, puppet shows, and
so on.
The locals as well as the foreign visitors enjoy walking
round the food stalls and other shops, buying souvenirs
and studying the environment.
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Myanmar Tourist
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Kyaikkami Yele Pagoda
Festival
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 We
would like to inform another one of Myanmar Festivals.
The Kyaikkami Yele Pagoda Festival will be held as a
first festival of Mon State in peak season including
offer 9,000 candles lighting to Buddha and fanfare from
13th October to 19th October this year.
Kyaikkami that located 9km northeast of Thanphyuzayat in
Mon State was a small coastal resort and missionary
center known as Amherst during the British era.
It is also famous one of Myanmar religious festivals.
During the festival, variety of commodities including
native products such as dried fish, seaweed, decorative
necklace of sea mollusk, water melon, ice potato, sweet
potato are available.
Stage-show and other entertainment such as Myanmar
traditional drama, football match, Myanmar boxing, cane
ball match will be included.
So if you have a plan to visit to Myanmar in October,
you can enjoy the Kyaikkami Yele Pagoda Festival and
also can visit to Setse Beach and War Cemetery of
Thanphuzayat after festival.
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padonma Lotus Robe
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Since Myanmar is the Buddhist country, Myanmar people do
meritorious deeds such as offering alms, water, flowers,
and candles to Buddha, food to the monks and free
animals. And also offering various kinds of sacred robes
to the Pagodas, Buddha Images and members of the Sangha
have been upheld. Among various kinds of sacred robes,
Padonma lotus robe from lotus fiber is regarded as
sacred.
And this kind of sacred robes can only be found of Inlay
Lake because Padonma lotus can only be grown in Inlay
Lake. After getting the Padonma Lotus Stalks form the
Lake, these stalks are cut into pieces and from these
stalks, fiber can get. These fibers are rolled into a
tiny thread. This thread can be rolled into handlooms.
The lotus stalks are plucked and then washed. Later it
soaked again in rice congealed and dried. The dried yarn
is again spun and then it is made ready for finally
weaving into a rope.
Weaving a Padonma lotus robe is very time consuming and
it has to work laboriously so it’s no doubt its very
expensive. The quality of this Padonma lotus is light,
fragrant and suitable for all seasons.
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Thadingyut Lights Festival |
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It is close to reach the Thadingyut lights Festival. It is
usually held in October and this year it will fall on 13th
October to 15th October. Thandingyut is seven-month of Myanmar
calendar and the end of lent. It is one of religious festivals
and also a time for family reunions and paying respects to
teachers and elderly relations.
Thadingyut Festival celebrates the return of the Buddha to earth
from the abode of gods, where He had been preaching an
especially profound section of His Doctrine for an entire Lent.
Buddhists lighted up His way with candles, oil-lamps and
torches. The Thadingyut Festival marks that event.
During this festival, all the streets and houses in large cities
and all houses in small towns and villages are beautifully lit
up with multi-coloured lights on the nights of the festival and
the days are filled with a flurry of special religious
activities. And also parents, teachers and relative elders are
offered with gifts, food and drinks by the youths.
We invite you to come Myanmar to enjoy the Thadingyut Lights
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