The military council forced locals to create hot air balloons for Taunggyi’s Tazaungdaing festival, according to residents of the Shan State capital. It was reported that the military council also forced ward administration offices to create balloons to represent each ward. Tazaungdaing annual light festival is famous for its hot air balloons. It celebrates the end …
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Tazaungdaing: Fire. Balloons. Camera. Action!
Picture hundreds of home-made fireworks strapped to a basket of a hot air balloon, let off in the middle of a crowd. Absolute. Mayhem.
12 injured in balloon accident at Tazaungdaing festivities in Taunggyi
A hot-air balloon laden with combustibles went down in a fiery mishap on Monday evening in Taunggyi, crashing into a local shop and injuring at least 12 people during the annual Tazaungdaing holiday celebrations in the Shan State capital.
Australian Federal Police maintains ties with junta police, Justice for Myanmar calls on Australia to cease cooperation with junta
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Australian Federal Police maintains ties with the junta’s police Australian Federal Police (AFP) continue to share intelligence with the junta’s police force in an attempt to combat drug trafficking, according to the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Australian Senator Jordan Steele-John questioned the AFP over its arrangement with its counterparts in Burma. …
The number attending Panthaku celebration in Yangon slowly increasing post-coup
An increasing number of Yangon residents took part in Panthaku celebrations on Nov. 7 – which takes place on the night of the Tazaungdaing festival – a resident of North Okkalapa Township told DVB. Panthaku is a traditional Burmese custom where people donate cash, rice, oil, salt, clothes, and cash during the night of Tazaungdaing …
ASEAN officials to convene in Cambodia, Regime cracks down on Buddhist monks
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM ASEAN officials to convene in Phnom Penh for regional summit Officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to meet in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Nov. 10, SCMP reports. The escalating violence in Burma will likely be at the top of the agenda at the …