Tazaungmon (; also spelt Tazaungmone) is the eighth month of the traditional
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 ...
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Festivals and observances
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Kahtein (
Thadingyut - Tazaungmon)
*Full moon of Tazaungmon
**
Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights ()
***Matho Thingan Robe Weaving Festival (
Yangon
Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...
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**Founding of
Taungoo
Taungoo (, ''Tauñngu myoú''; ), also spelled Toungoo and formerly Toung-ngú, is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east a ...
(16 October 1510)
**Fire Balloon Festival (
Taunggyi
Taunggyi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast As ...
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Shan State
Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Louang Namtha Province, Louang Namtha and Bokeo Provinces) to the east, and Thailand (Chiang Rai Province, Chia ...
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**
Intha Day
Tazaungmon symbols
*Flower: ''
Luffa acutangula''
References
See also
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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 ...
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Festivals of Burma
{{Burmese months
Months of the Burmese calendar