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I grew up in Lashio, the largest city in northern Shan State, home to approximately 130,000 people. As kids, the Thingyan holidays were the best. There was no school for three months and classes for the next school year did not start until after the festival.
I could not possibly talk about Thingyan without mentioning our “sugar uncle” (thagar-min). We relished those yellow cubes cut from sugarcane that you chewed until the sweet juice flowed out. Every year, this uncle (not a relative, but we would use this term to show respect to an older man) would turn up near the alley of our house and make his living by selling sugarcane juice and sugarcane flowers. He had a bamboo structure made in the shape of an umbrella with spikes on which he would stick small sugarcane cubes. While we sucked on the cubes, but we would use this term to show respect to an older man) would turn up near the alley of our house and make his living by selling sugarcane juice and sugarcane flowers. He had a bamboo structure made in the shape of an umbrella with spikes on which he would stick small sugarcane cubes. While we sucked on the cubes Poe Currency Exchange Essence , which was organised by the women’s affairs group from our block. Sugar and free entertainment – sounds pretty good, right?
Every year, our family would organise “studita” (a social event when people make food or drinks and offer them to others), varying from traditional sweet snacks to full course meals. Friends on the block came to help, and we enjoyed their company every year. When a splash of rain came, we knew it was time. There was nothing like the smell of earth after the rain kissed the ground. It was green, yellow and fresh. We would make teams and walk around the block to find the nine types of leaves, branches and flowers needed to make a perfect “Thingyan pot” to welcome the King of Thingyan. For 16 years, I always enjoyed the spirit of Thingyan and the memories that came with it.
Thingyan for me was to change dramatically when I moved to Yangon in 2008. I’ll admit that I was one of those country girls who could not quite live up to the hype of Yangon city. The clothing was different, the language, the attitude and social circles were a complete culture shock to me. What topped all of this was the infamous Yangon Thingyan. The effect was not extremely shocking to me immediately, as I moved away to study abroad for a few years. When I returned in 2016, everything was different. I had a fair understanding of electronic dance music culture, which was gradually taking hold among the young generation. It was an acceptable cultural shift that came along with the increasing number of dance clubs in Yangon. With the change of political leadership, Thingyan for me was to change dramatically when I moved to Yangon in 2008. I’ll admit that I was one of those country girls who could not quite live up to the hype of Yangon city. The clothing was different Poe Currency Exchange Essence
In 2016, when I finally came back home to celebrate my first Thingyan after many years, disappointment slapped me in the face. Prior to the event, I was enthusiastic. I rang my childhood friends who were also living in Yangon. Half of them were travelling and some of them were going to the meditation centre, each to their own agenda. So, I was left with the last resort of calling a friend who was born and raised in Yangon. He eagerly told me how glorious the mandat (entertainment stages) were going to be that year because they would include international DJs and stage designers.
For me, the idea of the Thingyan celebration was wrapped up with free food, fun and friends, but Yangon proudly celebrates Thingyan with alcohol, loud music and expensive mandat tickets. A ticket to a well-known mandat where celebrities and the elite of Yangon come, would cost between US$80 (K106,800) and $200. For that price, you could enjoy the DJs while sipping alcohol from an over-priced bucket you purchased on the mandat. I politely declined, saying that it was not how I wanted to celebrate Thingyan. Also, I was a broke graduate with no job.
Some of my friends call me old-fashioned for having this view of Yangon Thingyan. I’d rather wake up in the morning with the spirit to conquer the world than being hammered by the effects of alcohol. Thingyan is a festival when the old and young come together and celebrate with the essence of kindness, nature and new beginnings. It is not supposed to be about maximising profits and spending extravagantly on an occasion that should be a public festival. The culture of paying to sit on mandat is fully commercialised and may create some jobs for people in construction and entertainment, but how much of that revenue is going to the people?
One can argue that we can’t just close our eyes and wish for it to go away because with modernisation comes unwanted cultural shifts. But what I see now is a festival that discriminates against some young people based on the amount of money they can spend on tickets. The fancy hoses that are kept running for hours on mandat to entertain party-goers are a waste of water in the water-scarce city of Yangon. Thankfully, traffic is not so much of a problem since the Yangon administration decided to restrict some areas for mandat.
It is indeed hard to see the positive side of this Yangon Thingyan. However, despite the commercialised mandat, there are still acts of kindness on the streets of Yangon. There are still children enjoying the water play on the streets. There are still studita on many street corners, Thingyan is still a festival that an old-fashioned person like me can enjoy immensely. Poe Currency Exchange Essence , in many cities in this country, Thingyan is still a festival that an old-fashioned person like me can enjoy immensely.
Nang Poe Hnin Phyu of Taunggyi spent her childhood in Shan State. She moved to Yangon in 2008 and graduated from Yangon University of Foreign Languages with a major in English. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in humanitarian action at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. This article was originally published on Tea Circle, a forum for new perspectives on Myanmar.
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