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The Burmese Buddhist New Year

Festival

Mingla

nit thit

kuu par

Day 1

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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

Everybody Water Fights

What is used to spray water?

hoses

huge syringes made of bamboo

water pistols

bowls

buckets

Aberdeen Water Fight!

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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.

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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!