People peacefully visit stupas and temples in regions and states on full moon day of Tazaungmone (Samañaphala Day), enjoy Tazaungdaing lighting festival

AS the full moon day of Tazaungmone is one of the significant days for Buddhists, people hold the Tazaungdaing festival and light­ing festival as part of preserving the Myanmar cultural traditions.

Buddhist people took Sab­bath, recited Patthana treatis­es and Paritta, offered Kathi­na robes to monasteries and performed meritorious deeds while peacefully paying homage to pagodas.

Yesterday evening, Chair­man of the State Administration Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior Gen­eral Min Aung Hlaing, SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Com­mander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe, senior military of­ficers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives lit oil lamps and decorat­ed multicoloured lightings as well as flowers, water and 1,000 oil lamps at Shwebonepwint Pagoda in Zeyathiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area. Likewise, roads, buildings and trees in the compound of the Of­fice of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) were decorated with multiple colour lightings as the Tazaungdiang festival with the happy participation of families of the Offices of the Command­er-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air). The Senior General and party viewed round the participation of families in the Tazaungdiang festival.

Moreover, the ceremony to pay homage to Shin Uppagut­ta and ceremonies to set adrift oil lamps into the water and Tazaungdaing lighting festivals were held at stupas and temples in regions and states under the rules and regulations. The peo­ple visited there and joined the Neikban Zay festival (donation in dedicating to the Nibbana).

Famous vocalists per­formed songs at the enter­tainment programme of the Tazaungdaing night special sale at the Nay Pyi Taw water foun­tain park, crowded with people. In addition, recreation resorts, beaches and public parks were thronged with the people in re­gions and states on the Tazaung­daing holiday.

Fireworks were launched at Taboung ground near Up­patasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw and the People’s Square in Yangon to mark the Tazaungdaing festival, attracting the people who posed for documentary pho­tos. All the people joyfully par­ticipated in the Tazaungdaing festival on the full moon day of Tazaungmone across the nation.

MNA