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Taunggyi Hot-air
Balloons Festival
Sophy
May
Monica
Emily

Mai Soong Kha

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Content Table

 History of Festival
 Opening ceremony and closing ceremony
 About Balloons
 Necessaries and to be aware
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History Of Festival
 In the Shan tradition, it is a festival where the villagers release beautiful balloons as an
offering to Sulamani Pagoda.
 According to the villagers of Shan State, Taunggyi, which is 4,712 feet above sea level,
was chosen to ward off evil spirits.
 In 1945 ,this Festival has been called by the Shan name of “Awa Tay”.
 Later , it is called Taunggyi Tazaungdaing Festival and also known as “The Festival of
Lights”. It is celebrated for 3 or 4 days starting from the full moon of Tazaungdaing.
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Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony
The festival takes place at the Aweiya hot air balloon ground Day Competition Night Competition
in Taunggyi, Shan state, once a year.
At the opening ceremony, there’s include traditional dance  Animals shapes and  Attracts huge crowd
performances, live music, ethnic parade and balloons pagodas forms and also night market
competitions. balloons  Huge balloons that
The competitions divided into two parts, day competition and  Popular among in consists of candles and
night competition. kids and teenagers fireworks
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About Hot-Air Balloons
 decorated with candles
 decorated with colorful lanterns on the
outside
Genre of
Sein Na Pan
 lightful lanterns gives a different pattern
Night on balloons
Balloons

Nya Mee Gyi

 with fireworks
 carry a lot of firework
 carry a lot of fireworks and
rockets
 3.5 meters long trail
 They take 5 or 6 months before the competition to make balloons.
They spend a great deal of time, money, their mind and bodies on it.
Besides, all of the lanterns, decorations and even the fireworks are
made by hand. Hence, we can clearly see their team work and their
love for culture.
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 The weather is cold in the mountain area where the event is held, and it can
get windy. So, remember to bring a jacket, pants, or hoodie in the evening
to stay warm and avoid getting sick.

 There are many hotels to choose from in Nyang Shwe, which is about half
an hour away from the festival, and it's also convenient to go there at night
because there are already nighttime transportation options.

 Even the festival is wonder and balloons are well-worth seeing but
sometimes there could be some unexpected dangers. We need to be careful
because sometimes the fireworks on the balloon might fall to the ground,
which is rare case but can happen before the balloon lands safely. So, I
would like to remind to watch from the distance set by the relevant.
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