Things to do in Myanmar

Myanmar is a beautiful country with a very unique cultural tradition, bold in the East. If you are passionate about exploring this exciting culture, festivals are a very important part of your life that you can not miss. Myanmar people value festivals and it is an integral part of their spiritual life. Would it be great if you could immerse yourself in the festive culture of Myanmar? For more information, you can click: Indochina travel Myanamar

Bringing the color of Buddhism, the Thingyan festival - the water festival that took place in Myanmar on New Year's Day - is a very important and significant event for the people of Myanmar. The festival falls on the second week of April every year and lasts three or four days. Burmese people from all over the country celebrate the festival by throwing water on others. It is meant to wash out the dirt that has accumulated over the past year and to welcome the New Year with the purity of the body and mind.

The annual Buddhist festival at Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar's greatest and most sacred temples, is a very important traditional spiritual cultural event in Myanmar. This festival is very significant and has a great impact on the spiritual life of the people.

The festival opened on February 22 and lasted for half a month with many traditional Buddhist activities, rituals and ceremonies. The Shwedagon Pagoda Festival in Yangon is a harmonious combination of Buddhism and traditional folk culture of Myanmar. 

See more: Dishes to try whenever visiting Myanmar

One of the most important and popular festivals in Myanmar especially in Shan Province is Phaung Daw U in honor of the Buddha. During the festival, a series of colorful boats march from village to village around Lake Inle. The most prominent is the barge with the yellow bird shape representing Myanmar mythology, inside carrying five small Buddha statue of the famous Paung Daw U temple. The Phaung Daw U festival lasts for 18 days and ends around mid-October, after a trip on the lake.