Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...

As Myanmar's junta celebrates Chin National Day in an effort to project control, air strikes on civilians underscore a ...

Myanmar is marking the end of the rainy season with the annual Tazaundaing festival, an eight-day celebration featuring fireworks and giant balloons, made of bamboo and paper, which are launched into ...

Myanmar is 90 percent Buddhist, and October and November are packed with donation drives in the aftermath of Buddhist lent. The religious season culminates in the Tazaundaing festival, which ends late ...

Bird-shaped hot air balloons released during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State Participants prepare candles as they set up a hot air balloon ...

People’s Square, a major celebration spot in Yangon, will not host the festival this year, but a traditional charity feast will be held without music and dance, the state-run Global New Light of ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating earthquake last month, Myanmar is missing out on the fun.

TAUNGGYI, Myanmar — Goat, hippo and duck-shaped hot air balloons floated in clear blue skies over war-ravaged Myanmar this week in a rare opportunity for escapism. Tens of thousands of people have ...

BANGKOK — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating earthquake last month, Myanmar is missing out on the fun. The ...