{"id":2488,"date":"2021-04-12T17:45:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T09:44:12","slug":"thingyan-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/?p=2488","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thingyan Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is Myanmar Water Festival or Thingyan?<\/h3>\n

Myanmar water festival Thingyan is official bank holiday and celebrated between 13-17 April 2018.
\nUnderstanding Thingyan
\nWater festival is the most significant annual festival on the Myanmar calendar; it marks the start of the New Year, the beginning of the Myanmar lunar calendar and celebrates life and rebirth. The correct Myanmar name for water festival is Thingyan, however outside Myanmar it is often referred to as the water festival.
\nHistory
\nThe story behind Thingyan originated from the Buddhist version of a Hindu myth. 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). On losing the wager Arsi was decapitated and the head of an elephant was put onto his body (transforming him into Ganesha). The Brahma was so powerful that if the head were thrown into the sea it would dry up immediately. If I were thrown up into the air the sky would burst into frames. Sakra therefore commanded that the Brahma\u2019s head be carried by one princess devi after another taking turns for a year each. The New Year henceforth marked the changing of hands of Brahma\u2019s head and is celebrated by Thingyan festival.
\nThe Days of Thingyan
\nFirst Day \u2013 Thinyan Eve \u2013 called a-kyo nei: in Myanmar: The start of a variety of religious activities.
\nSecond Day \u2013 a-kya nei: Thagya Min makes his descent from the heavens to earth. The water throwing starts.
\nThird Day \u2013 a-kyat nei: which may run on an extra day in certain years.
\nFourth Day \u2013 a-tet nei: The last day when Thagya Min returns to the heavens. The water throwing stops.
\nFifth Day \u2013 New year\u2019s Day \u2013 hnit hsan ta yet nei: The start of the Burmese month of Tagu. Many people make New Year resolutions.<\/p>\n

Wishing you a Happy Thingyan Festival and a Wonderful New Year .<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is Myanmar Water Festival or Thingyan? Myanmar water festival Thingyan is official bank holiday and celebrated between 13-17 April 2018. Understanding Thingyan Water festival is the most significant annual festival on the Myanmar calendar; it marks the start of the New Year, the beginning of the Myanmar lunar calendar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ymnews.yonming.com\/ym\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}