Myanmar gears up for traditional New Year celebrations

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Myanmar gears up for traditional New Year celebrations

STORY: Myanmar gears up for traditional New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:49 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the preparing for Thingyan water festival in Yangon STORYLINE: People in Myanmar were busy preparing to celebrate their traditional New Year as the annual water festival drew near. The celebration of the traditional New Year festival, also known as the Thingyan water festival, this year will run from April 13 to 16, and the traditional Myanmar New Year's Day will fall on April 17. In the country's major cities such as Yangon and Mandalay, local residents have already constructed water throwing pandals for the celebrations. Thousands of migrant workers from the commercial hub city of Yangon have begun to leave for their hometowns in various areas in the Southeast Asian country in order to spend the holiday with their family members. Special celebrations such as the walking Thingyan festival in

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