Like much else, the country’s normally raucous new year festivities have become a political battleground since the 2021 coup. Like most aspects of life in post-coup Myanmar, the traditional new year ...

A decorated elephant is sprayed with water as people celebrate Myanmar's Buddhist New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in Yangon on April 13, 2026. - AFP YANGON: Crowds across Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...

Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, people have begun returning to the streets for Thingyan – the country’s traditional New Year festival – after years of boycotting public celebrations. This ...

As Myanmar’s military regime stages “Grand Thingyan” celebrations to manufacture a sense of normalcy, the rituals are being used to obscure ongoing violence, displacement and suffering. (Photo by ...

People prepare floating dough balls, locally known as Mont Lone Yay Baw, during Myanmar's Thingyan festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 15, 2026. - Xinhua YANGON: Floating dough balls, locally known as ...

It has been five years since the military coup in Myanmar, and revellers who had been boycotting public celebrations are starting to return to the streets to mark Thingyan, the Myanmar New Year. It is ...

People celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe) People celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 14 ...