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Burmese Water Festival
April 17, 2014 8:16 PM
The water festival, known as Thingyan, lasts four days and ends by bringing in the Burmese New Year. The throwing of water symbolizes a show of blessings and good wishes and usually occurs on the last two days of the festival.
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Merry makers spray water at each other during Myanmar's traditional new year Thingyan water festival on Pyi Road in Rangoon, Burma, April 16, 2014.
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People on a truck react after being splashed with water while others shoot back using water guns during the traditional Burmese water festival on Pyi Road in Rangoon, Burma, April 16, 2014. (MoeMoe Htun/VOA).
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ماه شب چهارده بر فراز نیویوک رو در روی مجسمه آزادی.
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People enjoy the last day of the water festival on Pyi Road in Rangoon, Burma, April 16, 2014 (MoeMoe Htun/VOA).
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