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    The Thadingyut Festival, also known as the Lighting Festival, is celebrated in Myanmar on the full moon day of the seventh lunar month. It lasts for three days, commemorating Buddha's descent from heaven after teaching for three months. Thadingyut means the end of Buddhist Lent, when monks avoid traveling. During the festival, Buddhists pay homage at pagodas and monasteries, and light candles, electric bulbs, and fireworks to welcome Buddha. Younger people pay respects to elders and ask forgiveness, receiving blessings and gifts in return.

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    The Thadingyut Festival, also known as the Lighting Festival, is celebrated in Myanmar on the full moon day of the seventh lunar month. It lasts for three days, commemorating Buddha's descent from heaven after teaching for three months. Thadingyut means the end of Buddhist Lent, when monks avoid traveling. During the festival, Buddhists pay homage at pagodas and monasteries, and light candles, electric bulbs, and fireworks to welcome Buddha. Younger people pay respects to elders and ask forgiveness, receiving blessings and gifts in return.

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    THASDINGYUT

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    The Thadingyut Festival, also known as the Lighting Festival, is celebrated in Myanmar on the full moon day of the seventh lunar month. It lasts for three days, commemorating Buddha's descent from heaven after teaching for three months. Thadingyut means the end of Buddhist Lent, when monks avoid traveling. During the festival, Buddhists pay homage at pagodas and monasteries, and light candles, electric bulbs, and fireworks to welcome Buddha. Younger people pay respects to elders and ask forgiveness, receiving blessings and gifts in return.

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    THE

    THADINGYUT
    FESTIVAL
    The Thadingyut Festival also
    known as the Lighting Festival
    of Myanmar, and is the second
    most popular festival in
    Myanmar after Thingyan Festival
    (New Year Water Festival).
    WHEN IS THADINGYUT FESTIVAL?

    It is held on the full moon day of the seventh month


    of Myanmar calendar, a.k.a Burmese lunar month of
    Thadingyut.

    Thadingyut festival at least lasts for three days:


    the day before the full moon day, the full moon
    day and the day after the full moon day.
    Why is Thadingyut Festival
    …
    celebrated?
    The festival celebrates the Buddha's descent
    from heaven, where he had spent three
    months teaching the sacred Abhidhamma to
    his mother and other heavenly gods.
    What is the meaning of
    Thadingyut Festival?
    “Thadingyut”means the Buddhist Lent ,
    which spans the three preceding lunar
    months and is the tradition of Buddhist
    monks trying to avoid traveling as Buddha
    instructed them. The combination
    "thadingyut" means the liberation from or
    the end of the Lent.
    What is the culture of
    Thadingyut?
    Thadingyut is the end of Buddhist lent and second
    largest festival in Myanmar after new year water
    festival. Myanmar people pay homage to parents,
    teachers, elder relatives, and seniors during the
    Thadingyut festival. This traditional and Buddhist
    culture has been maintained and practicing for many
    centuries.
    CELEBRATIONS
     Buddhists celebrate
    Thadingyut to welcome the
    Buddha and his disciples by
    enlightening and festooning
    the streets, houses and public
    buildings with colored electric
    bulbs or candles, which
    represent those three
    stairways.
     There are also a lot of food
    stalls, which sell a variety of
    Myanmar traditional foods and
    shops, which sell toys, kitchen
    utensils, and other useful stuff
    on most of the streets.
    Sometime people just walk
    around in those streets just for
    sightseeing and have fun.
    Some people like to play with
    firecrackers and fire balloons.
    Celebrations
    During the festival days, Buddhists usually go to pagodas and
    monasteries to pay homage to Triple Gems, paying respect to the
    monks and offer foods. And some Buddhists usually fast on the full
    moon day. Young people usually pay respect (gadaw/ကန် ေတ) to
    their parents, teachers, and elderly relative and offer them some
    fruits and other gifts. Also while paying homage the younger people
    usually ask for forgiveness from the wrong-doings they have caused
    upon their parents or the other elderly relatives throughout the year.
    Traditionally the elders tell their youngsters that they forgive any of
    their wrongdoings and continue to bless them with good luck and gift
    some big notes as pocket money. It is also usual for younger siblings
    to pay homage to their older siblings. In return, the elder ones wish
    good luck for them and give them some pocket money.
    ANY
    QUESTION?

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