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Life Without Power Spells Daily Misery for Yangon’s Residents
Lack of electricity affects every aspect of Yangon residents’ daily lives, from work to sleep, and now even hotter weather is ...
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Myanmar (Burma): 'Lion Dance' parades through Yangon’s Chinatown ahead of Lunar New Year
A parade preluding the Lunar New Year made its way through Yangon’s Chinatown, with the 'Lion Dance' performers as the main ...
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Myanmar marks beginning of year of the Snake in Yangon
People in Myanmar marked the beginning of the Year of the Snake on Wednesday as they celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year, also called 'Spring Festival', falls on Jan. 29, 2025 ...
What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities. In many Asian ...
The Star5d
Bowen Chinese School in Myanmar holds cultural event to celebrate Spring Festival
YANGON: The Bowen Chinese School brought the spirit of the Spring Festival to life with a vibrant cultural event held here on Saturday (Jan 25), featuring traditional Chinese and Myanmar songs ...
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Myanmar frees more than 6,000 prisoners as country marks anniversary of independence from Britain
The freeing of prisoners began on Saturday and in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, buses took detainees out of the Insein Prison. Many were met by loved ones who eagerly held up signs with their names.