“Fun in Myanmar? Once a Year, and Very Wet”

The water festival in Yangon, Myanmar. International Herald Tribune

Good story in todays Global Edition of the New York Times on the Song Kran, or lunar New Year celebrations in Burma.

A similar festival is celebrated in neighboring Thailand and Laos. But the one here has a certain poignancy about it. This is the one time of year when the junta looks the other way as masses of young people let loose in dancing and drinking in this otherwise repressive city, where gatherings of more than 10 people are usually banned.”

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