Photos: Myanmar’s Karen community celebrates New Year’s

Myanmar’s Karen ethnic group held its traditional New Year’s celebration in Yangon.

Dec 31, 2024 - 17:00
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Photos: Myanmar’s Karen community celebrates New Year’s

Myanmar’s ethnic Karen held their traditional New Year’s celebration in Yangon on Monday.

The holiday, which is based on the lunar calendar and the end of the rice harvest, is a national holiday in the country.

Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
(RFA)
People watch a performance for the Karen New Year’s celebration at the National Races Village in Yangon, Dec. 30, 2024.
People watch a performance for the Karen New Year’s celebration at the National Races Village in Yangon, Dec. 30, 2024.
(RFA)
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
(RFA)
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
(RFA)
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
Ethnic Karen people gather at the National Races Village in Yangon for their traditional New Year’s celebration, Dec. 30, 2024.
(RFA)

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