Thingyan Water Festival

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04 May 2023
Junta Thingyan violence in Southeastern Myanmar
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21 April 2023
Fundraising event for Myanmar IDPs and PDFs held...
A fundraising event called the "Revolutionary Nway Oo Thingyan Festival" was held in Kobe...
A woman crosses an empty street during the Myanmar's New Year water festival, locally known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 13, 2023. Photo: AFP
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20 April 2023
How Myanmar Water Festival rebuff shows loss of...
The society-wide refusal to celebrate the popular Myanmar Water Festival is like the...
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17 April 2023
Two Thingyan stages bombed by drones in Loikaw...
Resistance forces carried out drone attacks on two Thingyan water festival pandals (...
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
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14 April 2023
Myanmar junta kicks off water festival under...
The Myanmar junta began celebrations of Thingyan under tight security on 13 April, while...
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14 April 2023
Bomb kills four near Thingyan pandal in Shan...
A bomb explosion took place near a pandal for the Thingyan festival close to the Yan...
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
News
14 April 2023
Nothing to celebrate as Myanmar crisis puts...
Thingyan has turned into a tussle between the Myanmar junta and the Spring Revolution...
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13 April 2023
Students stage protest in Bago’s Gyobingauk...
Members of Kyopinkauk Township Students Union Federation held an anti-junta protest on...
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12 April 2023
Junta’s Thingyan stage bombed in Mon State’s...
An urban guerrilla group bombed a pandal (stage) being built for the junta-organised...
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10 April 2023
Myanmar junta using forced labour to set up...
The junta is forcing people to construct its pandals (stages) and to work as security...
(File) Fuel nozzles hang on holders at a petroleum station in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
10 April 2023
Fuel prices rising on eve of Thingyan, diesel...
The fuel prices are rising in the lead up to the Thingyan Water Festival and the price of...
People celebrate Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 16, 2022. Photo: AFP
News
26 April 2022
Junta Thingyan flops
This year’s Thingyan New Year’s celebrations from 13 to 17 April fell flat and did not...
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16 April 2022
Zeus Bar Water Festival party venue attacked by...
A well-known local bar in Mandalay was attacked as a message to would-be revellers not to...