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Burmese New Year, or Thingyan in Myanmar

Burmese New Year, or Thingyan in Myanmar is held on April 14. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual.
Thingyan is the Burmese New Year Festival that usually occurs in middle of April.
The dates of the festival are observed as public holidays throughout Myanmar, and are part of the summer holidays at the end of the school year.

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