Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival is a major Buddhist celebration, but recent challenges have dampened its spirit Ethnic Intha people perform during Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival in Inle Lake, ...

Myanmar is marking the end of the rainy season with the annual Tazaundaing festival, an eight-day celebration featuring fireworks and giant balloons, made of bamboo and paper, which are launched into ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held on the grounds of a school in central Myanmar, which witnesses said killed about two dozen ...

Gyrating dancers passed through the crowds, bowing to men in silk dresses with orchids in their hair, as the normally sleepy village of Taung Byone marked the start of the annual Spirit Festival with ...

Traditional Thingyan water festival has kicked off in Myanmar’s regions and states in full swing. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein on Friday extended wishes to the people for a happy ...

People pay homage on Myanmar's traditional Thadingyut lantern festival at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Oct. 24, 2018. The Thadingyut lantern festival is held on the full moon day of the ...

A hot air balloon carrying 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of fireworks exploded over the heads of religious festival goers in Myanmar on Wednesday. 9 people were injured at the Tazaungdaing Festival when ...

On March 15, while much of Austin, Texas, was drowning in music and marketing and thousands of tiny bands were running the streets trying to make a dent, history was being made on a little stage at ...

INLE LAKE – Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, a major Buddhist celebration and world-class tourist attraction, has seen some of its celebratory spirit diminished, with locals and visitors ...

Myanmar military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, center, talks with Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, third from left, during their meeting at the military guest house in Naypyitaw, ...