What could be more fun? I geared up for the event by seeking out a pair of powerful pump-action water guns and buying large stocks of food and drink. (I had also been told that nearly all markets and restaurants closed for the festival, making the process of preparing seem a bit like hoarding supplies for a fast-approaching hurricane.) This is what I heard about Thingyan - the three-day water festival celebrated in the sweltering heat of mid-April to ring in the Myanmar New Year - in the weeks before it started: It moved boisterous behavior focused (as the name “water festival” suggests) on giving and getting the gift of wetness, using everything from water buckets to hoses and squirt guns as means of delivery. Indeed, I had been told, it was nearly impossible to ... read more

Naga’s biggest festival is new year festival of January 15th, called “Kaing Bi” and organized by festival committee who choose each year’s festival location and details under the control of central government. When animism was believed by all villagers, there were many festivals almost monthly but most villages open to the foreigners today are no longer into animism, abandoning their traditional festivals. Society- Important society units are ancestors, family names and ages. Some young villagers are educated in India. People bring agalloch, eagle-wood to Indian side for trade almost freely and there seems little restrictions for border-crossing. Tourism is coming to a remote village community in Laeshi, Lahel and while planners see it as a perfect enterprise, you’ll be listening to Young Naga soon why they will have the final say… img=http://person.com/phm/edit.phtml?e... read more