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