The Burmese Buddhist New Year

Festival

Mingla

nit thit

kuu par

Day 1

Wash away the sins of the old year.

Day 2

Mandats or stages are made the night before.

Day 2

The Water Fights start

National Water Fights

Day 3 Day 4

National Water Fights

Day 3 Day 4

Everybody Water Fights

What is used to spray water?

hoses

huge syringes made of bamboo

water pistols

bowls

buckets

Aberdeen Water Fight!

Day 5

Young people will show respect

for older people by

performing hairwashing

for the elderly .

Day 5

Fish are rescued from lakes and rivers drying up under the hot sun,

then kept in huge glazed earthen pots and jars before

releasing into larger lakes and rivers

with a prayer and a wish saying

"I release you once, you release me ten times".

Day 5

Some boys become monks at Thingyan.

So how did one Edinburgh school

celebrate Burmese New Year?

Can you see the children watching through the windows?

Thingyan,

Burmese

New Year

is

fun!