Myanmar Festivals
Kakku Pagoda Festival (Shan State)
Annually in March, on the full moon day of
Tabaung (March) which is the last month of the
Myanmar lunar calendar, Kakku Pagoda festival takes
place. Normally the festival will begin two or three
days in advance for this is not just a religious
festival but also a social occasion. It is the time
for all to have fun, exchange news and gossips, to
trade. For the younger set it is the time to meet
their friends from other villages or the boys to
fall in love with the girls.
As it is, all the people of the region arrive by
the thousands, dressed in their traditional
costumes. Some come in bullock carts while others
arrive by more modern conveyances, on the village
tractor.
But the most interesting time to visit this place
is to get there before dawn of the full moon day of
Tabaung where the Pa O people in all their finery
come with gaily decorated trays bearing morning food
offerings.
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