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Current system used by Myanmar Calendar Advisory Board; Modified Metonic cycle: # of excess days in the first 8 months determines intercalary day and month insertion ...
This is a list of years in Myanmar. See also the timeline of Yangon history . For only articles about years in Myanmar that have been written, see Category:Years in Myanmar .
1 January – New Year's Day; 4 January – Independence Day; 12 February – Union Day; 2 March – Peasants' Day; 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung; 27 March – Armed Forces Day; 13 April – Myanmar New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 19 July – Martyrs' Day; 20 July – Full Moon ...
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. [ 18 ]
5 May - Myanmar's military junta commutes 38 death sentences to life imprisonment as part of a wider amnesty. [ 8 ] 6 May - The Motion Picture Award Presentation Ceremony , popularly known as Academy ceremony, was held for the first time in four years.
22 October- Myanmar is added to the Financial Action Task Force Graylist for terrorism financing and requires other countries to increase measures to screen transactions with Myanmar [39] 23 October - Hpakant massacre: Two fighter jets from the Myanmar Air Force air-strikes a concert in Hpakant killing 80 civilians, including prominent local ...
Thingyan is observed as public holidays throughout Myanmar, and are part of the summer holidays at the end of the school year. Water-throwing or dousing one another from any shape or form of vessel or device that delivers water is the distinguishing feature of this festival and may be done on the first four days of the festival .
1 January – New Year's Day; 4 January – Independence Day; 12 February – Union Day; 2 March – Peasants' Day; 24 March – Full Moon Day of Tabaung; 27 March – Armed Forces Day; 13 April – Myanmar New Year; 1 May – Labour Day; 22 May – Full Moon Day of Kason; 6 June – Eid al-Adha; 19 July – Martyrs' Day; 20 July – Full Moon ...