Bonjour à tous et merci pour les réponses.
J'ai fouillé un peu sur le net et j'ai réussi à trouver ça. Je pense que ça intéressera Gerdan qui va en
Birmanie en Mars comme moi et surement bien d'autres...
Si quelqu'un peut dire parmi ces évènements, lesquels sont à ne pas manquer, ça serait bien !
Merci à tous.
Festivals in March:
SHWE SARYAN PAGODA FESTIVAL, Shwe Saryan Village, Patheingyi, MandalayMar. 12 – 19, 2011
45 minutes drive form
Mandalay on the way to Maymyo (near Hton Bo), You can also take a small boat on the Dou-hta-waddy River and visit the pagodas nearby,
Myanmar traditional toys, boxes, baskets, mats made of dried toddy palm leaves are the best selling village products in this festival.
INDAWGYI FESTIVAL, Hopin, near MyitkinaMar. 12 – 19, 2011
Ca. 100 miles far from Myintkyina. Approx. Five hours drive up to Indawgyi. This festival is held yearly for ten days. One intriguing fact is that two sandbanks are washed up by the waves before the festival begins so that people can walk from the bank to the pagoda. People believe that one is for human use and the other is a passage for the gods. These two sandbanks disappear into the lake shortly after the festival.
Shwedagon Pagoda Festival YANGON19th March 2011
A festival for the people from each city in
Myanmar. Offerings of water, light and flowers are made to the hundreds of Buddha images in the pagoda grounds.
BAW-GYO FESTIVAL, near Hsipaw / Shan StateMar. 14 - 19, 2011
Once a year, only during the festival days, the locked up “four Buddha images” are brought out for display, worship and gilding with gold leaf. We can see tea-growing Palaung tribes from the hills and jewelers from Kyauk Me who try and sell their products there. Many kinds of gambling are allowed during the festival days only.
KEKKU PAGODA FESTIVAL, PindayaMar. 14 - 19, 2011
On the full moon day (Mar.19) Alms offering is carried out by the native (Pa-O) people dressed in their traditional black out fits. There is the festival market also.
PINDAYA CAVE FESTIVAL, PindayaMar. 14 - 19, 2011
During the festival at the Shwe Oo Min Pagoda Cave in Pindaya thousands of devotees throng the cave to pay homage to the pagoda. You will find hundreds of small stalls selling delicious local foods, Shan handicrafts, all kinds of cheroots (
Myanmar cigars), Shan umbrellas, and, and, and..... Tribes from all over Shan State join this festivity in their colourful costumes.
NAY WIN TAUNG PAGODA FESTIVAL, Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin)Mar. 19, 2011
Same as Nyan Taw Pagoda Festival. Traditional Shan festival. It takes place in the northern part of Maymyo (
Pyin Oo Lwin), about an hour’s drive from the downtown area.
MAUNG DONG NAT FESTIVAL, MonywaMar. 24 – Apr. 03, 2011
This festival is known to be the most important gathering of witches imaginable. According to the legend, Ye Kin Kadaw, the Queen of the Witches, the favourite wife of King Taung U, had extraordinary powers. The king sent her into exile, as his other wifes did not like her super natural power. She went to Maung Dong, where she got drowned. Her oldest statue, only 30 centimeters high, can thus be found in Maung Dong. During this festival all 37 kinds of nats will be placed in a shrine, devotees offering them bunches of bananas, green coconuts, betel leaves, colourful arrangements of flowers and ‘money bouquets’.
