A
festival marking the Kayin New Year for 2756 Kayin Era was held by the
Organizing Committee for East Yangon Kayin New Year at the National Races
Village in Tharketa in Yangon yesterday.
In
the morning, Kayin nationals raised the flag of Kayin Nationals at the green of
the Union Hall of the village before Buddhist Kayins offered meals to Buddhist
monks at their houses and Christian Kayins said New Year prayers and paid
respects to elders at their houses at the National Races Village.
At
10 in the morning, the New Year ceremony started with the banging of the
Auspicious Drum and water-buffalo horn was played before saluting the State
Flag and the Kayin National Flag.
At
the new year ceremony, Phado Saw Tun Aung, member of the Union Peace Dialogues
Joint Committee, delivered the opening address and read out the message of
Yangon Region Kayin Ethnic Affairs Minister Naw Pann Thinza Myo.
Then,
the Kayin Ethnic Affairs Minister Naw Pann Thinza Myo and Rakhine Ethnic
Affairs Minister U Zaw Aye Maung delivered speeches at the ceremony.
Ye
Khaung Nyunt
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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