
TAWTHALIN (' Maha-Dok' festival)
Boat Races
''Tawihalin" (September) is the sixth month on Myanmar calendar and it is the
time for royal regatta festivals which is being revived by the state with the
holding of festivals as of yore complete with pageantry and boat races.
September is the month when boat races are held in practically every pond, river
and lake throughout the country.
Paung-de (Buddha's Tooth Relic Festival)
'Buddhist devotees from all over the country come to Paung-de (Buddha's Tooth
Relic Festival),130 miles north of Yangon, to worship this sacred relic brought
out once a year (in September)from its vaults. It is taken around the town on an
elephant in a procession.