Starting from the morning of April 15, which is the Akyat (Middle) Day of the Myanmar Traditional Cultural Maha Thingyan Festival, Thingyan-loving people across the nation have been celebrating the New Year water festival joyfully and peacefully.Today, on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day, at the Nay Pyi Taw City Mayor's Maha Thingyan Pavilion, renowned vocalists and ministry Thingyan Yein dance troupes are performing songs and elegant Yein dances. The pavilion is bustling with visiting public.Similarly, the Nay Pyi Taw Walking Thingyan features traditional Myanmar thanaka and lahpet festival pavilions, a htamanè pavilion, ministry-specific Thingyan pavilions, entertainment pavilions, and satuditha (charity feast) pavilions, as well as food stalls and playgrounds with water slides for children. It is crowded with visitors.Furthermore, at the Nay Pyi Taw Walking Thingyan held at the Nay Pyi Taw People's Square, renowned artists and vocalists, along with artists from Belarus and K-pop singers from South Korea, are performing lively, crowd-pleasing songs in conjunction with DJ music bands. Thingyan-loving people are joyfully celebrating Akyat Day by singing and dancing along.Similarly, at the Yangon City Maha Thingyan Pavilion and water-play pavilions in Yangon's district zones, Thingyan-loving people are joyfully and peacefully celebrating the New Year water festival.Today, on Maha Thingyan Akyat Day, at the Yangon City Maha Thingyan Pavilion, people are watching and encouraging performances by Yein troupes, renowned artists, and vocalists, and joyfully participating in the celebrations with the public.Additionally, at the Walking Thingyan Festival held at People's Square on Pyay Road in Dagon Township, Yangon, there are entertainment pavilions, walking water-play pavilions, and food stalls, where the public is celebrating peacefully and joyfully.Similarly, at Thingyan pavilions along the Mandalay moat, including the Mandalay City Maha Thingyan Pavilion, which have been creatively designed and built in accordance with Myanmar traditional cultural heritage, there is exceptional crowding as families and groups of friends come to play Thingyan Atar water. Yein troupes, vocalists, and artists are performing New Year Thingyan songs and joyfully celebrating Akyat Day together with the audience.This year's festival includes traditional ethnic pavilions, where ethnic traditional dances are performed, and traditional ethnic foods are offered as satuditha (charity feast). As a result, people coming from various regions are enjoying traditional foods while happily engaging in Thingyan water-play, making the festival exceptionally vibrant, it’s reported.mitv
Wed, 15-Apr-2026