Festivals

Tazaungdaing Festival

The Tazaungdaing Festival (also known as the Festival of Lights), held on the full moon day of Tazaungmone, the eighth month of the Myanmar calendar, is celebrated as a national holiday in Myanmar and marks […]

Festivals

Thadingyut – Festival of Lights

Thadingyut This year (2022), the Thadingyut falls on 9 October.  This is the second most popular festival after Thingyan (New Year Water Festival). Thadingyut, the seventh month of the Myanmar calendar, is the end of […]

Festivals

Thingyan in Tagu

Thingyan Festival is Myanmar new year festival. It is held in the month of Tagu (middle of April), which is the first month of Myanmar Calendar. Thingyan has been celebrated since Tagaung period (850 – […]

Culture

Myanmar Dance and Music

Group Dance This group dance is usually the first dance presented in a Myanmar theatrical performance show. It is the kind of dance which is performed in energetic movements and in a lively choreographic style […]

Myanmar

Destination Myanmar

An insignificant number of international tourists visited Myanmar in 2017. To be exact, it stands at 3,440,000 according to the data compiled by the ASEAN Skyline. This does not come as a surprise to many […]

Destinations

Yangon

There is a timeless, romantic quality about the city of Yangon. Built on the banks of the Yangon River, with a great loop of water curving around two-thirds of the city, it has that unmistakable […]

Destinations

Myanmar

One of the most exotic and colorful countries of the world, Myanmar has been a magnet for traders and travelers for centuries.  The Golden Land’s heritage is complemented by the bustling business capital of Yangon.  The […]