Pagoda Festivals or “PWE” in Myanmar
Pagoda Festivals or “PWE” in Myanmar
When the moon is full, it’s festival time. The Pagoda Festivals are known as “pwe” meaning an occasion that anybody could enjoy and participate.
Day time events during “pwe” include cane ball tournaments, climbs ‘up the greasy bamboo poles’, and tug o’war. In the evening stage show entertainment takes place. The temporary stage is built in hard wood, the changing rooms of dancers are partitioned by cotton blanket, and raw bamboo mats are erected to wall the theatre. The traditional orchestra takes its place near the stage but on the ground. All power of electricity of the village is sent to the stage to give bright light. The music, the dress and the dance are performed in the traditional way. The people who do not want to see the show, enjoy wandering around the stalls that line up under the battery light. This is the general scene of “pwe” in rural Myanmar.
Myanmar people love the “pwe”. Especially for the country people, “pwe” is a joyful break after year-round hard work in the fields. They work hard and look forward to enjoy the “pwe” with great temptation. They are longing to participate in the tournament, to watch the show, and to shop anything they want from the stalls that come to their place once a year. All the stalls are run by a kind of nomad people who follows the “pwe” all the year round.
The biggest pagoda festivals in upper Myanmar are held in Bagan area : The Shwezigon Pagoda Festival is held in November and the Ananda Pagoda Festival is held in January. The official festival date is on the full moon day of Thasaungmon for Shwezigon and Pyatho for Ananda. The festival lasts for three weeks. The villagers from nearby villages come by bullock-carts, some come by bamboo rafts or sailing boats especially the pottery people from the north sails down the Ayeyarwaddy with their all sizes of clay pots to sell in the festival. People who comes to the festival pay homage to the pagoda, enjoy the trading, see the show, learn about the people from the different part of their little world, then go back home refreshed and relaxed in anticipation of the coming ploughing season. Hundreds of bullock-carts standing near the pagoda, thousands of clay pots are displayed along the road, the colorful Pakkoku blankets are piled high for sale, and the reed mats from delta region come all the way upstream to Bagan, people from all levels stroll around, the introducing music from the show ground, everything makes the environs actively alive. The other lovely point, but not the least, is that the pagoda festival supports the survival of the traditional dance and music.
Avfestival is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday from work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event. Hope if the time of festival comes, I wants to go with you [whatever] .
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“When the moon is full, it’s festival time” sound funny but it is true for us.
In my childhood, I’m very excited and wait for “Pagoda Festivals” (Pwe). Happy time to enjoy night life such as eat snack at stalls, buy accessories and watch traditional dance (Pwe) etc…many things to do
I really enjoy walking around and eating Myanmar traditional foods at pagoda festivals
Yeah,me too.
So let’s go
I love walking around in the pwe zay.
Me too
I used to eat fried quail eggs at any pagoda festivals. I miss that times.
I wanna go to pagoda festivals and be happy like before 😢
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Pwe Zay,very enjoyable place.
I really enjoyed “pwe” since my childhood and hoped those freely enjoyable days will come again when Myanmar got federal democracy
When the rainy season is over, the pagoda festivals and markets are full. I really love and interesting that culture.
I want to go to a pwe.
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Oh, this post make me missing my childhood.
When I read this article, I really miss my childhood life.
I enjoyed watching Pwe in my village.
I love the “pwe”.
Wandering around pwe zay and tasting the many delicious snacks with friends was the best time for me. I really miss those times.
we lost this pleasure for two years.
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country.
February 10
Morning 10 February ❤️
After reading this, I miss my childhood so much. I really enjoyed walking around ‘PWE zay tan’ with my parents. ❤️
Wow. New Post!
We shouldn’t forget our cultural norms and thanks for reminding and bringing back my childhood memories. I used to go around the festival and love to eat some traditional food such as bamboo steamed sticky rice! Ahh.. how nostalgic!!
I missed all those festivals.
I want to go there.
I totally miss my childhood days .
I had liked PWE since childhood and till over 30 years old.Sometimes, I miss these.
Excellent.
Thanks for sharing
It reminds the childhood happiness. I enjoy having seasonal snacks which only available at PWE. I wanna go again with real happiness.
Thank you
Thank you💙
pwe zay is one of my fav to go when i was a child …
It was funny and good times..
Pwe Jay is where I want to go when I was a child .I like to eat Myanmar tranditional food throughout the pwe zay.😋
Where my commemt? !!
Thanks for sharing.
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I like pwe cause many snacks sell in it and it is so happy
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Always love to go to Pwe.
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing
I love “PWE” especially Shwezigon Pagoda festival. The weather also fine and good to enjoy the time to release the stress of a year.
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I like Myanmar festival or PWE.
I miss those days full of PWE in Myanmar.
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The pagoda festivals have not been held for a long time. Miss ….
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The last “pwe” I enjoyed is with my ex in Taunggyi. Really fun and happy becuz of the coldweather and her happy face too. But She left me for random reasons that I don’t understand and she never explained me clearly. Whatever hope her happy with another good guy.
miss my childhood
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I’m not involved yet, so I want to make sure I do
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February 16!
ေနေကာင္း က်န္းမာၾကပါေစ။
ကပ္၃ပါးက ေက်ာ္လႊားႏိုင္ၾကပါေစ။
thanks
I miss myanmar pagoda festival.
Thank you.
I like to go pwe with friends
Nostalgia article for me.
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Thanks
My mother enjoyed watching Zut Pwe and I loved walking and eating traditional foods in Pwe Zay. I miss my those childhood days.
I remember my good old days when I lived all those festivals together with my family. Thank you
The best festival
Happy festival.
I want to go to the Pagoda festival.
February 20!
I miss these festivals very much
Long time can’t celebrate our traditional pagoda festival I miss that
Yes me too😢
feb 21 ! Fighting |||
Aww PWE
February 21!
Snacks from Pwe Zay are really good
I love Myanmar traditional “pwe” and when i see poor civilian my mind is sad! i pray to be quickly wealthy our federal democracy country.(ရေးတာမမှန်ရင်သည်းခံ😪)
So remember to childhood life!
I miss pwe
With urbanized development, the places and time become thinner for Pwe events.
Missing Pwe from different parts of the country in old days …
Love to see these scenery
I’m lonely road. But we must win………
You are saying the truth but correct!
good article
Hope to see more
Please avoid the cruel people and liars, this is the best way to go ahead,
PWE
Festival in Myanmar
Thanks for good topic
February 23
February 23!
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February 27!
27/02/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
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Inle Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival are held on the 7th of Lunar Calander,Thadingyut.The are so many stalls in this festival.People offer water,flowers,candles and foods Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda.
Ilove here
I want go there.
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march 1
M2
Good post.
knowledge sharing of Myanmar culture
PWE is awsome
I want to go to” PWE ” one day. I want to eat a variety of traditional foods.
Great article
Traditional culture of Myanmar
Nice Article
March 6, 2022!
07/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Happiness of Myanmar
Thank you so much
08/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
march 9
Look so fun.
Peace
10/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Good post
Every citizen in Myanmar love festival
Thanks. Mar 11, 2022.
I miss Pagoda Festivals
I like the snacks that sell in PWE
14/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Excellent! Thanks.
Great places.
15/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
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I love this
Gratias!
bagan ,,,,,,, the beautiful place
မောင့်ကိုချစ်တယ်
PWE is a joyful break after year-round hard work in the fields.
I don’t like PWE so much but I used to go there to have the snacks of it
Keep trying!
Thank
Thanks for sharing such a lovely culture to know. Interesting.
Every ethnic in Myanmar celebrate their own festival everyyear
21/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Amazing place.
22/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Amazing places.
Hello from universal
Thank
I do not even remember when I last visited PWE
25/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Though I don’t like pwe, I love pwe zay tan snacks a lot. 🙂
I Like this post.
Great festival.
Nostalgia old time… PWE
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Happy festival.
march 28
Well as per article name “PWE”, we all need to participate in unusual “PWE” from what we used to know. Only after participating in that “PWE” successfully, we all can enjoy “PWE” of what we used to know. Hoping that those days will come soon!
29/03/2022
The Burmese zat pwe, an exuberant variety show involving almost every kind of performing art, has fascinated foreign visitors to Myanmar for the past hundred years. It continues today as a vibrant amalgam of singing, dancing, acting, and comic improvisation, still performed annually at pagoda festivals. I really love and interesting that culture from our own Country. Thanks for sharing knowledge
Love it. Thanks.
Our favourite festivals
Happy festive.
Thingyan is considered to ba a PWE
Lovely traditional cultures
ap 2
Great post! Thanks.
Thanks Admin
I like Pagoda Festivals .I wanna go there.
I like festival Pagoda.
Like “PWE”
Festivals we all loved
Thanks 👍
I am Interesting Pagodas festival .
I want to go Pagoda festival.
Pagoda Festivals or “PWE” in Myanmar.
Pwe lover, pwe Kyite khin
I remember that times when we had fun with festivals in every months.
Pagoda festivals are tradition of Myanmar .
Welcome to Golden land ”Myanmar”
me too
I am Interesting Pagoda festival.
I miss those times…
Thanks for sharing. So lovely. I like Pwe.
As a kid, I used to go by ox cart.
I enjoy going to festivals.
I am Interesting Pagoda festival
ap 23
One day, we could celebrate “PWE” for our Victory
Good post. nice one!
Great post.
ap 25
Interesting pagoda’s festival.
PWE is Myanmar traditional occasion in every part of Myanmar including hilly regions.
nice
I miss ပွဲဈေး ,၂ နှစ်ကျော်ပြီပေါ့
Good post.
Great Pagoda’s festival.
Thanks for your lead(C2D Admin)
lovely article and thank you.
PWE
It is traditional. festival.
It is market of buying for necessary things. yearly.
I love PWE .
waiting for our “Aung PWE” to celebrate the whole country soon.
Lovely comment of the day. Yes, Aung Pwe. We’ve got to celebrate Aung Pwe. The most needed Pwe.
Our “Aung Pwe” that we will celebrate together
Agree
We must win
Good…
Myanmar festival and Pwe is very interesting.
May Day!
When I was young, I watched the PWE at Shwemawdaw pagoda festival in Bago. I liked it.
Thanks for your article.
Clinking for freedom!
မုန့်လင်မယား တောင် စားချင်သွားပီ
Happy Mother’s Day!
At PWE. Mont zay tan is the best.
I like myanmar traditional food.
Thanks for sharing
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Rainy Day
may 9
Done
Very good
Fired quail eggs are the best to eat in pwe zay.
Miss those times
Interesting
myanmar people love PWE zay 💛
Nowadays, most of the fairs have less traditional food
I like show pwe
I like walking around and eating at those PWE , Myanmar traditional festivals .
Stay strong 💪
Actually,I Don t like PWE.😁
I like Pwe
Great!
Done
Very insightful
Interesting about traditional PWE in Myanmar.
I like PWE
Try to clink
I like this web.
Thanks for sharing about PWE.
Love it
When can go there?
Love it. ❤️
may 25
Many Pagoda festivals celebrated after rainy season. But they had not been celebrated for 2 years because of covid period and coup. Miss those times. Thanks for sharing. 27
Ok
Missing native town and childhood life. We enjoyed pagoda festivals. Thanks for sharing it. Looking forward to seeing you more.
This is good!
june 20
Love it.
This is very good.
Democracy
july 7
ပွဲမပြီးသေးဘူး
PWE
Thank you for sharing post.
love it so much!
Gg
Good
very nice
Thanks for this post.