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Lighting Festival of Myanmar
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Lighting_Festival_of_Myanmar
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Tazaungdaing_Festival
gptkbp:associatedWith
gptkb:End_of_Buddhist_Lent
Kathina robe offering
gptkbp:calendar
gptkb:Burmese_calendar
Lunar
gptkbp:celebratedIn
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Myanmar
gptkbp:culturalSignificance
Community gathering
Music and dance
Traditional foods
gptkbp:duration
Several days
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Lighting Festival of Myanmar
gptkbp:mainActivity
Charity and donations
Lighting of lamps
Hot air balloon competitions
Offering of robes (Kahtein) to monks
gptkbp:monthHeld
gptkb:Tazaungmon
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Taunggyi_Balloon_Festival
gptkbp:notablePlace
gptkb:Taunggyi
gptkbp:occurredIn
Full moon day of Tazaungmon
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn
Yes
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Diwali
gptkb:Loy_Krathong
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:significance
Commemorates offering of robes to monks
Marks the end of the rainy season
gptkbp:symbol
Light
Hot air balloons
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Thadingyut
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7