Members of the Myanmar army patrol during the Myanmar's New Year water festival, locally known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 13, 2023.  Photo: AFP
14 April 2023
The Myanmar junta began celebrations of Thingyan under tight security on 13 April, while...
A woman and her son cross an empty street during the Myanmar's New Year water festival, locally known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 13, 2023. Photo: AFP
14 April 2023
Thingyan has turned into a tussle between the Myanmar junta and the Spring Revolution...
A woman crosses an empty street during the Thingyan water festival, marking the Buddhist new year, in Yangon on April 13, 2022. Photo: AFP
14 April 2022
Myanmar marked its normally boisterous new year water festival with silence and boycotts...
An empty street is pictured near Shwedagon Pagoda, as demonstrators called for a "silent strike" in protest against the military coup, in Yangon. Photo: AFP
13 April 2022
Thingyan, the traditional New Year’s water festival is normally the biggest, most joyous...
Photo: CJ
06 April 2022
Mandalay-based people’s defence forces (PDFs) warned people not to attend Thingyan water...
22 March 2022
The military junta summoned business owners in Mandalay and pressured them to take part...
A general view shows an empty street and barricades by Sule pagoda on the second day of Thingyan, the water festival which marks the country's new year, in Yangon on April 14, 2021, as a sweeping crackdown continues by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup. Photo: Ye Thu Aung/AFP
16 April 2021
The main boulevards of commercial hub Yangon were empty Thursday -- a far cry from the...
President Win Myint. Photo: Myanmar President Office/Facebook
18 April 2020
In his New Year message, President Win Myint said that he felt sorry to see the people...
A general view shows an empty street on the first day of Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 12, 2020, amid restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP
13 April 2020
Myanmar’s New Year festival of Thingyan is the country’s biggest public holiday --...
Myanmar's annual water festival. Photo: Mizzima
17 March 2020
Myanmar’s government has stepped up preventive measures in confronting the coronavirus...
Water Festival began in Yangon on April 13, 2019. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
13 April 2019
The US government has sent a message to mark the Myanmar Thingyan Festival that has begun...