မာကာအို သင်းကြန် – ၂၀၀၉ ဓာတ်ပုံများ

 

 

 

 

 

 

မာကာအိုရောက် မြန်မာနွယ်ဘွား တရုပ် တို့ရဲ့ ၂၀၀၉ ခု နှစ်က အတာသင်းကြန်ပွဲကို မာကာအိုမြို့မှာ စည်ကားသိုက်မြိုက်စွာကျင်းပခဲ့တာပါ

ပင်လယ်ရပ်ခြားနေ မြန်မာနွယ်ဘွား တရုပ် တို့က ၂ နှစ် တကြိမ် ပြန်လည်စုံစည်း တဲ့ ပွဲ ကိုလဲ တပါတည်း ကျင်းပခဲ့တာလို့သိရကြောင်း

မြန်မာယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာနမှ ယဉ်ကျေးမှုအဖွဲ့ဝင် တို့လဲ ကြွရောက်ခါ ပါဝင်ဆင်နွဲခဲ့ ကြကြောင်း တွေ့ရတာ ပါ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

အီမေး တခုကိုမှီငြမ်းသည်

 

 

 

Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival

Time Out Hong Kong – Discover Things To Do in Macau, Including Casinos, Theatre, Film, Art, Music, Comedy, Sport, Festivals, Attractions, Restaurants, Bars and Clubs | Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival

http://www.timeout.com.hk/macau/features/22549/macau-myanmar-overseas-chinese-water-festival.html

Posted: 13 Apr 2009

Although four months of 2009 have already passed us by, it’s not too late to ring in the New Year again during Thingyan, a religious water festival celebrated by the people of Burma. But champagne or red packets needn’t be opened – all you need is water, and lots of it.

To celebrate Thingyan, water is splashed onto friends and family members as a way to wash away the sins of the previous year, and bring good luck and fortune for the future. The ritual is believed to have origins in Hinduism, as part of a religious ceremony to usher in the first month of the New Year, but it has since become a regular celebration across Southeast Asia and in neighbouring Yunnan province. Historically, one pays respects to your elders by performing hair washing rituals and simple cleansing ceremonies. But in modern times, Thingyan celebrations in Myanmar have been transformed into a lively party, with water guns and hoses replacing traditional terracotta pots.

The festival conveniently falls during Myanmar’s hottest month, but temperatures should be favourable for a splash or two at the end of April, during the Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival. A variety of events will be held this year, the festival’s 14th run. The traditional food street at the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf (noon-10.30pm on Saturday 25) provides a chance to taste snacks and beverages from both Myanmar and Southeast Asia. But if you’re not afraid to get wet, head to Hác Sá Park in Coloane to participate in the Water Festival Carnival, held 10am-5pm on Sunday 26.

Those who are keen to stay dry can experience the water festival through the photograph exhibition in the Lisbon Building, also at Fisherman’s Wharf. View photos of previous water festivals in action, as well as scenic shots of Jiangxi Sanqing Mountain – a natural haven of misty mountains and forest in Mainland China. Lastly, you can catch The Festooned Vehicle Parade, which winds through Macau, Taipa and Coloane over the weekend (Saturday 25-Sunday 26), starting at 10pm.

So keep your eye out for New Year water festivities, and make sure you don’t get wet – unless your sins are in need of a good washing.

Andrea Yu