It is a delightful festival of the hill people, Kachin and one of the most popular festivals in Myanmar. This festival has been held for more than three decades. Manaw festival is the celebration of the New Year, Victory in battles, reunion of the tribes etc. Everybody in town joins the spiritual dance lined up behind one another.

Place : Myitkyina and Putao in Kachine State
Time : During January of every year

Naga Festival is the social and the New Year celebration of the Nagas. The Naga national race comprises many different tribes with their own languages and culture.

Place : Either Lahe or Layshi, Kachin State
Time : Usually January 14 to 16

This is the biggest and most important pagoda festival in Central and Upper Myanmar. Villagers come in caravans of covered ox-carts and camp out for the duration of this exciting country fair.

Place : Ananda Pagoda, Bagan, Mandalay Division
Time : During January of every year, depending on Myannar Lunar Calendar

Maha Muni Pagoda Festival, devotees light bonfires and cook huge pans of sticky rice with ginger, coconut and sesame to offer to monks. In other parts of the country this sticky rice is cooked as a celebration of the harvest and distributed within communities.

Place : Maha Muni Pagoda, Mandalay
Time : During February / March, depends on Lunar Calendar

The nearest pagoda festival from Yangon, just 30 minutes drive. The festival is teeming with music troops, traditional dance performances, puppet show held in temporary theatres, vendors of miscellaneous item and food stalls. Local pilgrims visit to pay homage and enjoy the festival.

Place : Thanlyin, near Yangon
Time : During February, depends on Lunar Calendar

Mann Shwe Settaw Pagoda Festival is one of the most significant Pagoda Festival in Upper Myanmar. People from the entire nation pay Pilgrimage to the Pagoda during the festival days.

Place : Magway Division
Time : During February, depends on Lunar Calendar

To celebrate the harvest, communities and organizations cook giant pans of sticky rice with ginger, coconut, peanuts and lots of sesame. Then offered to the Buddha and is given away for free to all the visitors to the pagodas.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During February / March, depends on Lunar Calendar

During the festival time, thousands of devotees come from villages around the area to the cave. A kind of pagoda mall is set up at the foot of the hill under big shady Banyan trees to sell local products.

Place : Pindaya, Southern Shan State
Time : During March, depends on Lunar Calendar

This festival is water pouring ceremony at the Maha-Bodhi tree, the holy Banyan tree at the foot of which the Buddha attained Buddha hood or enlightenment.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During May, depends on Lunar Calendar

This is held to turn out talented and brilliant persons and members of the Sangha in flourishing period of Buddha Sasana, to support Pariyatti Sasana at highest level and to turn out brilliant persons who can recite Pitaka orally.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During June, depends on Lunar Calendar

Pilgrims throughout the country gather wild flowers to offer at pagodas, and offer new robes to monks.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During July, depends on Lunar Calendar

Devotees from all over Myanmar, comes to this special festival and offer their donations and enjoy themselves with the blessings of the spirits, every year. They pray for prosperity, fame, and luck for the next coming year.

Place : Taung Pyone Village, near Mandalay
Time : During August, depends on Lunar Calendar

An exciting festival focused on a huge Buddha image carved from a block of marble. It coincides with an annual competition among teams of cane-ball (chinlon) players.

Place : Mandalay
Time : During October, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

It is a marvelous performance of two men together to dance in rhythm. A huge elephant figure is made from bamboo and paper. Men take their places inside the figure and dance around the town to the accompaniment of Dobat and Drums.

Place : Kyaukse, Mandalay Division
Time : During October, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

A great ceremony, there is a ritual of offering a filled alms bowl to a thousand and more monks and novices.

Place : Nyaung U, near Bagan
Time : During November, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

Kahtein Festival is held annually. The Kahtein robes and other offerings such as slippers, umbrellas, alms bowls, towels, soap and other necessities, cash offering in the shape of a tree (the padaytharpin) are presented to monks.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During November, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

This festival of Tazaungmone is an auspicious time for offering of yellow robes to the monks. In commemoration of this event weaving competitions of yellow robes are held all over the country.

Place : Throughout the country
Time : During November, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

On this occasion people enjoy fun and merriment by holding firework-launching competitions. The firework is in the form of rockets. There is also hot balloons competitions on the day and night occasions.

Place : Taunggyi, Southern Shan State
Time : During November, can change according to the Lunar Calendar

The Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival is a special festival of lights celebration. Locals offer the lighting of 9000 candles and 9000 flowers to the Buddha. The platform and passage of the pagoda are usually filled with visitors from all over the country.

Place : Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda, Mon State
Time : Evening of 31st December