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Each family puts myrtle branches on their front door, to prevent disaster and bad luck. The First Day (Thinyan Eve) – called a-kyo nei in Myanmar: The start of a variety of religious activities.ĭuring the daytime, there are many religious activities, including almsgiving and offerings, washing figures of Buddha and cleaning the temples. Anyway, the New Year still marked the changing of hands of Brahma’s head and is celebrated by Thingyan festival. Another version shows that the head was entrusted to Nats who are the guardians of the Myanmar. Sakra therefore commanded that the Brahma’s head be carried by one princess devi and another taking turns for a year each. If it were thrown up into the air, the sky would burst into frames. The Brahma was so powerful that if the head were thrown into the sea, it would dry up immediately. After losing, Arsi was decapitated and the head of an elephant was put onto his body (transforming him into Ganesha). The story goes that the King of Brahmas called Arsi, lost a wager to the King of Devas, Sakra (or Thagya Min as he is known in Myanmar). Thingyan is originated from the Buddhist version of a Hindu myth. It is akin to coming of age ceremonies in other religions. Thingyan is also a favourite time for shinbyu novitiation ceremonies for boys – when they join the monks (Sangha) and spend a short time in a monastery. Both are New Year Festivals with lots of water splashing and both happen in April. Myanmar’s Thingyan could be compared to Thailand’s Songkran.
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New Year Day falls on the day after the Water Festival ends.įor four days before New Year’s Day, the tradition claims that everybody in Myanmar shall splash water on others in order to clean from bad lucks. In fact, Water Festival is one of the activities to celebrate Myanmar’s New Year.
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Most of people misunderstand the Water Festival to be the same as New Year in Myanmar. Thingyan marks the end of hot & dry season and the start of the New Year along with the rainy season that would make the green forests flourish once again.