Burmese New Year seeks to celebrate Thingyan, also known as the Water Festival. Meaning, changing over, Thingyan is a time of festivities. It celebrates the coming of a New Year and goes on for three days.
Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for Burmese New Year in 2021
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Pro-democracy protesters have launched their “Green Day Strike”, aimed to lift Myanmar from disaster and revive it with renewed vigor with the Burmese new year this month. (Photos: CJ)
#Whatshappeninginmyanmar https://t.co/UQhk5EQycY
(3/5) @USEmbassyBurma Ambassador Thomas Vajda’s Thingyan message for the Burmese people: “As we approach Thingyan, let me also wish you my very best personal wishes for the New Year—even in these challenging times.” https://t.co/pCSW1uw4Ky
— U.S. Asia Pacific Media Hub (@eAsiaMediaHub) April 14, 2021
With padauk flowers for the Burmese new year, among ancient temples, on motorbikes - more protests against Myanmar’s junta and to call for democracy #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar https://t.co/r7qBxU131k
Yangon youths let Thingyan Pots ( Ah Tar Oh ) float on the Yangon River. This is Revolutionary Thingyan 2021
Ah Tar Oh strike (Welcome Burmese new year R2P and Democracy)
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Apr13Coup https://t.co/gIXMPmngyt
Revolutionary Thingyan 2021
Atar Oo strike(Welcome Burmese new year R2P and Democracy)
✊ Thingyan pot floated on the Rangoon River , Youth from Sanchaung Tsp.
#Apr13Coup
#NoFlyZoneInMyanmar
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/lVi5K4jXL9
Happy New Year to our Thai, Lao, Khmer, Sinhalese and Burmese communities who celebrate Songkran, Pi Mai, Choul Chnam Thmey, Aluth Avurudd, and Thingyan! May this new year bring peace and justice to all. https://t.co/GrYvH6tjUe
Happy New Year! First day means cleaning the house and honoring my mom. Sending love to my fellow Burmese, Cambodian, Thai, Lao+ https://t.co/wTZHhzcDCV
— Chanida Phaengdara Potter (@chanidanoy) April 14, 2021
Mid-April marks the New Year for many and is celebrated by communities around the world including Bengali, Cambodian, Lao, Sinhalese, Nepalese, Tamil, Thai, Burmese (to name a few) with various names/traditions!
From the CAPE fam, we wish you a happy and healthy New Year! 🎉💖 https://t.co/k7WSQmk9ev
— CAPE—Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (@CAPEUSA) April 14, 2021