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Lighting of hot air balloons by the Shan people in Shan State, and lanterns nationwide Kyi Ma No Festival Mischief-making Kahtein Thingan Offering Festival Between Thadingyut and Tazaungmon Offering of Kathina robes to Buddhist monks Nadaw (December) Karen New Year: Marks the new year of the Karen people: Nat festivals [7]
Each calendar has the same regular year of 354 days and a leap year of 384 days. However, whereas the Burmese calendar adds the intercalary day only in a leap cycle according to its Metonic cycle, the Siamese calendar adds the intercalary day to a regular year. The Siamese calendar does add the extra day in the same place (Jyestha/Nayon), however.
Shan State (Shan: မိူင်းတႆး, Möng Tai; Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, pronounced [ʃáɰ̃ pjìnɛ̀]) is a state of Myanmar.Shan State borders China to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son Provinces) to the south, and five administrative divisions of Myanmar in the west.
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The Shan use the endonym Tai (တႆး) in reference to themselves, which is also used in Chinese (Chinese: 傣族; pinyin: Dǎizú). [6] Shan (ရှမ်း) is an exonym from the Burmese language; the term itself was historically spelt သျှမ်း (MLCTS: hsyam:), and is cognate with the term Siam, the former name of Thailand. [7]
Thadingyut (Burmese: သီတင်းကျွတ်) is the seventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar. [ 1 ] The Myanmar term "thadin" (သီတင်း) means the Buddhist Lent ( Vassa ), which spans the three preceding lunar months and is the tradition of Buddhist monks trying to avoid traveling as Buddha instructed them.
Thingyan, also known as the Myanmar New Year, is a festival that usually occurs in middle of April.Celebrated over a period of four to five days, Thingyan culminates in the New Year.
Taunggyi is the fifth largest city of Myanmar, [3] although Taunggyi is the capital of Shan State , [4] 45% of Population are Pa'O people and has an estimated population of 380,665 as of 2014. [5] The city is famous for its hot air balloon festival held annually on the full moon day of Tazaungmon .