April 13 was the New Year celebration for Thailand and Myanmar, also known as the Songkran Water Festival. Â Unfortunately, I was in neither Thailand nor Myanmar on that day, but I did the best I could – I visited Thai and Myanmar Buddhist temples in Penang, Malaysia.
Here’s an environmentally friendly reminder I noticed in the Thai temple:
I now have a couple of additional data points about Myanmar, and here are my conclusions after an intense process of analysis and data crunching : 1) Lots of Burmese are Buddhist; and 2) Burmese love to party.
The picture below was taken inside the Myanmar Buddhist Temple. There were no less than 5 different performance stages where people were going bananas over Burmese pop and dance music. Â I didn’t take too many photos because there was a constant danger of getting completely soaked. Â And I did get completely soaked.
Below is a video clip of more dancing. Â I couldn’t help but grin like an idiot while watching these people have the time of their lives. Â HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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April 25, 2011 at 23:02
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April 23, 2011 at 13:00
Looks like they’re having a blast…despite the fact that it’s a total sausage fest!
April 25, 2011 at 00:51
i was wondering the same thing — why aren’t the girls dancing?
May 4, 2011 at 22:02
not sure what the deal is. there just weren’t that many women there. maybe they are still in myanmar?
May 4, 2011 at 22:01
these guys have it figured out – they don’t need to be grinding up on someone’s booty to be having fun!