Burmese students persist with Myanmar protests instead of celebrating Thingyan

A vigil at a protest in Yangon in March. (Photo credit Unsplash/Zinko Hein.)
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Many people around the world chose not to celebrate Thingyan this year in light of the current political and humanitarian crisis occurring in Myanmar.
Thingyan is the Burmese Water Festival that is traditionally celebrated in mid-April towards the end of the hot and dry season in Myanmar. Thingyan, which translates to “changing over,” is the celebration of Burma’s New Year.
This year, opponents of military rule in Myanmar cancelled traditional festivities and held small protests of defiance across the country instead. This was the second year of cancelled festivities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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