My 8 year old in a red ‘Save Burma’ bandana and an orange Shan outfit and my 12 year old in a red, black and white Kachin necklace and orange Shan top and multicoloured Burmese sarong. They both have thanks makeup on their cheeks. They are raising the 3-finger salute and are standing in front of an earthenware pot filled with various flowers (an Ah-Tar-Oh - အတာအိုး - which we use to usher in the Burmese new year) and a silver bowl called a ngwe palar (ငွေဖလား) which we fill with perfumed water and then dip flower sprays in to flick the water gently at people to bestow New Year blessings. This ngwe palar is filled with padauk blossom.

I’ve listed lots of ways you can help the people of Myanmar here.

Thank you, and a happy new year to all other peoples who celebrate this week 💛

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You can celebrate Burmese New Year today in North Finchley too! Perfect weather for a spot of water-throwing! ☀️💦🎉

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Celebrate the Burmese New Year in #Manchester today!

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My aunt’s photos from the Burmese New Year Parade in Mandalay!

My aunt is my dad’s little sister and it galls me that I will never be as elegant as her 😅

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Or you can celebrate at home making the traditional Thingyan sweets known as Mont Lone Yay Paw!

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You can celebrate Burmese New Year right now at Sasaniramsa Buddhist Centre’s Thingyan Water Festival in #Wembley!

https://www.facebook.com/events/173752223251945??ti=ia

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Happy New Year!

The Burmese New Year Festival known as #Thingyan started yesterday!

Similar to Thailand’s Songkran, we celebrate by throwing water!

(Gif by Zuue Htike on FB) #HappyThingyan #BurmeseNewYear

I’ll add more Thingyan dates if I come across them and do let me know if any of you find any new ones too!

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And the other Burmese New Year Festival being held on 22 April is NUMA UK’s Myanmar Thingyan 2018 in North Finchley!

https://www.facebook.com/events/136541880403933??ti=ia

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On Sunday 22 April, we have TWO Burmese New Year Festivals taking place.

First is Manchester’s Myanmar Thingyan 2018 https://www.facebook.com/events/409402996187841??ti=ia

#Thingyan #BurmeseNewYear #BurmeseFood #Manchester

Next Saturday (14 April) we have Sasaniramsa Buddhist Centre’s Thingyan Water Festival in Wembley!

https://www.facebook.com/events/173752223251945??ti=ia

#Thingyan #BurmeseNewYear #BurmeseFood #Wembley

First up is Sheffield Thingyan Festival and Food Fair!

This is on TOMORROW (Saturday 7 April)

https://www.facebook.com/events/253526228521633??ti=ia

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Hey, so Thingyan ie Burmese New Year is coming up on 13 April, so here’s my round-up of Thingyan Festivals that you can attend in the UK

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Happy Thingyan (and Songkran) everyone! These should be padauk, but daffs aren't a bad substitute :) #burmesenewyear http://t.co/jEwp8vgPUu

Don't forget Thingyan starts tomorrow - make these lovely sweets to celebrate! http://bit.ly/thingyansweet #BurmeseNewYear http://t.co/5d1vEYcWDX