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Naga New Year Festival
Numerous Naga tribes spread throughout the Northwestern hills of Myanmar. Most of the Naga are from the Chin State. The Naga festival is social, but it is also to exchange previous year experiences, to make plans for the coming year and to discuss how to overcome difficulties.
They pray for abundant crops and domestic animals and to have good weather. Another aspects of this festival is reunion of relatives, who are away from home. They worship to their deities by scarifying the animals. The festival is usually in January, for this year it will be held on the 15th of January, 2005
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- Naga New Year
- Full Moon Day of Dabodwei
- Htamane Festival
- Mahamuni Pagoda Festival
- Salon Festival
- Shwe Dagon Pagoda
- Kakku Pagoda Festival
- Full Moon Day of Tabaung
- Shwe Umin Pagoda Festival
- Mann Shwesettaw Festival
- Thingyan Water Festival
- Thanakha Grinding Festival
- Full Moon Day of Tagu
- Shwe Maw Daw Pagoda Festival
- Full Moon Day of Kason
- Pariyatti Sasana Examination
- Full Moon Day of Waso
- Taungpyone Festival
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- Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
- Dancing Elephant Festival
- Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival
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