The "Thingyan" festival typically celebrates Myanmar's new year with water-splashing rituals symbolising cleansing and renewal, but the central cities of Mandalay and Sagaing lie devastated from ...

Thousands marked the start of Myanmar’s water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month’s earthquake, with the country’s most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor.

BANGKOK — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday ... the actual New Year’s Day. In Myanmar, the holiday is called Thingyan. But this year, the country ...

Several south-east Asian countries have kicked off their annual water festival holiday ... water spray on the first day of Thingyan in Naypyitaw, Myanmar (Aung Shine Oo/AP) In Myanmar, the ...