Tazaungmon, the Glossary
Tazaungmon (တန်ဆောင်မုန်း; also spelt Tazaungmone) is the eighth month of the traditional Burmese calendar.[1]
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11 relations: Burmese calendar, Intha people, Kaṭhina, List of Burmese traditional festivals, Luffa acutangula, Shan State, Taunggyi, Taungoo, Tazaungdaing festival, Thadingyut, Yangon.
- Months of the Burmese calendar
Burmese calendar
The Burmese calendar (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ်,, or ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်,; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years.
See Tazaungmon and Burmese calendar
Intha people
The Intha (also spelt Innthar) are members of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group living around Inle Lake.
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Kaṭhina
Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh (known as Kaṭhina Cībar Dān), Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.
List of Burmese traditional festivals
Burmese traditional festivals are based on the traditional Burmese calendar and dates are largely determined by the moon's phase.
See Tazaungmon and List of Burmese traditional festivals
Luffa acutangula
Luffa acutangula is a cucurbitaceous vine that is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable.
See Tazaungmon and Luffa acutangula
Shan State
Shan State (italics,; ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်) is a state of Myanmar.
Taunggyi
Taunggyi (Pa'o:;Shan) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of, just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region.
Taungoo
Taungoo (Tauñngu myoú;; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west.
Tazaungdaing festival
The Tazaungdaing Festival (တန်ဆောင်တိုင်ပွဲတော်, also known as the Festival of Lights and spelt Tazaungdine Festival), held on the full moon day of Tazaungmon, the eighth month of the Burmese calendar, is celebrated as a national holiday in Myanmar and marks the end of the rainy season.
See Tazaungmon and Tazaungdaing festival
Thadingyut
Thadingyut (သီတင်းကျွတ်) is the seventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar. Tazaungmon and Thadingyut are months of the Burmese calendar.
Yangon
Yangon (ရန်ကုန်), formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma).