| Martyrs Day - Tuesday July 19, 2022 Secular holiday : Commemorates the assassination of independence leaders in 1947
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday July 20, 2021 cards/flowers : The second main celebration of Islam. It cele ates A aham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| Public holiday - Tuesday July 20, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Thursday July 22, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Waso Robe Donation Ceremony - Friday July 23, 2021 Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Lasts 2 weeks
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| Public holiday - Friday July 23, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Monday July 26, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Tuesday July 27, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Wednesday July 28, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Thursday July 29, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Public holiday - Friday July 30, 2021 Secular holiday : Covid related
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| Taung Byone festival - Sunday August 1, 2021 Culture : Five days of interage festivities and Nat dancing.
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| Yadanagu Nat Festival - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Culture : Lasts 6 days
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| Elephant festival - Monday October 4, 2021 Culture : Takes place in Kyaukse. Elephants are orniamented, and participants are engaging in a elephant dance competition.
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| Tadingyut Full Moon - Tuesday October 19, 2021 Secular holiday : The Buddhist Lent comes to an end and all those couples who had been putting off marriage now rush into each other's arms. Monks are free to travel from kyaung to kyaung or to go on pilgrimage to holy spots such as Kyaiktiyo or Mt Popa. The Festival of Lights takes place during Thadingyut to celebrate Buddha's return from a period of preaching dhamma (Buddhist philosophy) in Tavatimsa (the highest deva realm), his way lit by devas who lined the route of his descent. For the three days of the festival all of Myanmar is lit by oil lamps, fire balloons, candles and even mundane electric lamps.
Tadingyut is the name of a month falling in September-October.
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| Bouk ok Pansa (Buddhist Fast ends) - Tuesday October 19, 2021 Buddhism (Theravada) :
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| Tadingyut Full Moon - Wednesday October 20, 2021 Secular holiday : The Buddhist Lent comes to an end and all those couples who had been putting off marriage now rush into each other's arms. Monks are free to travel from kyaung to kyaung or to go on pilgrimage to holy spots such as Kyaiktiyo or Mt Popa. The Festival of Lights takes place during Thadingyut to celebrate Buddha's return from a period of preaching dhamma (Buddhist philosophy) in Tavatimsa (the highest deva realm), his way lit by devas who lined the route of his descent. For the three days of the festival all of Myanmar is lit by oil lamps, fire balloons, candles and even mundane electric lamps.
Tadingyut is the name of a month falling in September-October.
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| Bouk ok Pansa (Buddhist Fast ends) - Wednesday October 20, 2021 Buddhism (Theravada) :
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| Tadingyut Full Moon - Thursday October 21, 2021 Secular holiday : The Buddhist Lent comes to an end and all those couples who had been putting off marriage now rush into each other's arms. Monks are free to travel from kyaung to kyaung or to go on pilgrimage to holy spots such as Kyaiktiyo or Mt Popa. The Festival of Lights takes place during Thadingyut to celebrate Buddha's return from a period of preaching dhamma (Buddhist philosophy) in Tavatimsa (the highest deva realm), his way lit by devas who lined the route of his descent. For the three days of the festival all of Myanmar is lit by oil lamps, fire balloons, candles and even mundane electric lamps.
Tadingyut is the name of a month falling in September-October.
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| Bouk ok Pansa (Buddhist Fast ends) - Thursday October 21, 2021 Buddhism (Theravada) :
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