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Public Holidays In Myanmar
16 distinct public holidays are observed in Myanmar. Public holidays References External links * 2016 Myanmar public holidays, 2016 Public Holidays in Myanmar {{DEFAULTSORT:Public Holidays In Myanmar Lists of public holidays by country, Myanmar Culture of Myanmar Observances set by the Burmese calendar Lists of events in Myanmar, Holidays Public holidays in Myanmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Holidays
A public holiday, national holiday, federal holiday, statutory holiday, bank holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Types Civic holiday A ''civic holiday'', also known as a ''civil holiday'' or ''work holiday'', is a day that is legally recognized and celebrated as a holiday in a particular sovereign state or jurisdictional subdivision of such, e.g., a state or a province. It is usually a day that the legislature, parliament, congress or Monarch, sovereign has declared by statute, edict or decree as a non-working day when the official arms of government such as the court, court system are closed. In federation, federal states there may also be different holidays for the constituent states or provinces, as in the United States, where holidays that were established by the federal government are called ''federal holidays''. Such days may or may not be counted in calculating the statute of limitation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kason
Kason (; ) is the second month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances * Full Moon of Kason () ** Bodhi Tree Watering Festival () Kason symbols *Flower: '' Magnolia champaca'' References See also *Burmese calendar The Burmese calendar (, , or , ; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years. The calendar is largely based on an older version of the Hind ... * Festivals of Burma {{Burmese months Culture of Myanmar Months of the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Day (Myanmar)
National Day () is a public holiday in Myanmar, marking the anniversary of the first university student strike at Rangoon University in 1920. The date is based on the traditional Burmese calendar, occurring on the 10th day following the full moon of Tazaungmon. In Myanmar, National Day differs from Independence Day, which is marked on 4 January. See also *University of Yangon *British rule in Burma British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of ''Burma'' as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally i ... References {{Public holidays in Myanmar Culture of Myanmar Public holidays in Myanmar Observances set by the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tazaungmon
Tazaungmon (; also spelt Tazaungmone) is the eighth month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances * Kahtein ( Thadingyut - Tazaungmon) *Full moon of Tazaungmon ** Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights () ***Matho Thingan Robe Weaving Festival (Yangon) **Founding of Taungoo (16 October 1510) **Fire Balloon Festival (Taunggyi, Shan State) ** Intha Day Tazaungmon symbols *Flower: '' Luffa acutangula'' References See also *Burmese calendar The Burmese calendar (, , or , ; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years. The calendar is largely based on an older version of the Hind ... * Festivals of Burma {{Burmese months Months of the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tazaungdaing Festival
The Tazaungdaing Festival (, also known as the Festival of Lights and spelt Tazaungdine Festival), held on the full moon day of Tazaungmon, the eighth month of the Burmese calendar, is celebrated as a national holiday in Myanmar and marks the end of the rainy season. It also marks the beginning of the Kathina (''Kahtein'' in Burmese) season, during which monks are offered new robes and alms. The festival's origins predate the introduction of Buddhism to Burma, and are believed to stem from the ''Kattika'' festival, which honors the guardian planets in Indian astrology. Celebrations Robe-weaving competitions to weave special yellow monk robes called ''matho thingan'' () are also held throughout the country, most notably in Yangon's Shwedagon Pagoda. During these competitions, held for two consecutive nights (the night preceding and the night of the full moon), contestants work nonstop from night until dawn to weave these garments. The tradition commemorates a widely known st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thadingyut Festival
The Thadingyut Festival (), also known as the Lighting Festival of Myanmar, is held on the full moon day of the Burmese lunar month of Thadingyut. As a custom, it is held at the end of the Buddhist sabbath (Vassa) and is the second most popular festival in Myanmar after Thingyan Festival (New Year Water Festival). Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from the heaven after he preached the Abhidhamma to his mother, Maya (mother of Buddha), Maya, who was reborn in the heaven. Origins Thadingyut, the seventh month of the Myanmar calendar, is the end of the Buddhist sabbath or Vassa. Thadingyut festival at least lasts for three days: the day before the full moon day, the full moon day (when Buddha descends from heaven) and the day after the full moon day. Buddha's mother, Maya (mother of Buddha), Maya, died seven days after the Buddha was born and then she was reborn in the Trayastrimsa Heaven as a male Deva (Buddhism), . In order to show the gratit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thadingyut
Thadingyut () is the seventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar. 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. The term "thadingyut" means the liberation from or the end of the Lent. Festivals and observances *Full Moon of Thadingyut – end of the Vassa, Buddhist lent **Abhidhamma Day **Thadingyut Festival, Festival of Lights () **Yay Gyaw Festival (Pazundaung Township, Yangon) *Pagoda festivals **Myathalun Pagoda Festival (Magwe Region) **Hpaung Daw U Pagoda Festival (Shan State) Thadingyut symbols *Flower: ''Nelumbo nucifera'' See also *Burmese calendar *Festivals of Burma *Kyaukse elephant dance festival *Vassa References {{Burmese months Months of the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waso
Waso (; formerly Nweta () or Myayta (Old Burmese: မ္လယ်တာ (မြေတာ)) is the fourth month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Festivals and observances * Dhammacakka Day () - full moon of Waso *Beginning of the Buddhist Lent () Waso symbols *Flower: ''Jasminum grandiflorum'' See also *Burmese calendar *Festivals of Burma *Vassa ''Vassa'' (, , both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada Buddhists. Taking place during the wet season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July (the Burmese month of Waso, ) to October (the Burmese ... References {{Burmese months Months of the Burmese calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aung San
Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he was assassinated just six months before his goal was realized. Aung San is considered to be the founder of modern-day Myanmar and the Tatmadaw (the country's armed forces), and is commonly referred to by the titles " Father of the Nation", "Father of Independence", and "Father of the Tatmadaw". Devoted to ending British Colonial rule in Burma, Aung San founded or was closely associated with many Burmese political groups and movements and explored various schools of political thought throughout his life. He was a life-long anti-imperialist and studied socialism as a student. In his first year of university he was elected to the executive committee of the Rangoon University Students' Union and served as the editor of its newspaper. He joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyrs' Day (Myanmar)
Martyrs' Day (, ) is a Burmese national holiday observed on 19 July to commemorate Gen. Aung San and seven other leaders of the pre-independence interim government, and one bodyguard —Thakin Mya, Ba Cho, U Razak, Abdul Razak, Ba Win, Mahn Ba Khaing, Sao San Tun, Ohn Maung and Ko Htwe—all of whom were assassinated on that day in 1947. It is customary for high-ranking government officials to visit the Martyrs' Mausoleum (Yangon), Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon in the morning of that day to pay respects. Myoma U Than Kywe led the ceremony of the First Burmese Martyrs' Day on 19 July 1947 in Rangoon. History On 19 July 1947, at approximately 10:37 a.m., Burma Standard Time, BST, several of Burma's independence leaders were gunned down by a group of armed men in uniform while they were holding a cabinet meeting at the Ministers' Building, Secretariat in downtown Yangon. The assassinations were planned by a rival political group, and the leader and alleged mastermind of tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but Great Renunciation, renounced his Householder (Buddhism), home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading a life of mendicancy, asceticism, and meditation, he attained Nirvana (Buddhism), nirvana at Bodh Gaya, Bodh Gayā in what is now India. The Buddha then wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a Sangha, monastic order. Buddhist tradition holds he died in Kushinagar and reached ''parinirvana'' ("final release from conditioned existence"). According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Vimutti, freedom from Avidyā (Buddhism), ignora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
