A 3-Day Thingyan (Water Festival) of Burmese Community Ends in Cox?s Bazar

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Cox?s Bazar, April 22: "A three-day Thingyan (Water Festival) of Burmese community (Rakhaing) ended in Cox?s Bazar, Bangladesh on Monday, April 19, 2004, according to our source named Saiful Alam. Groups of young Rakhaing Boys and girls in same new dresses gathered under huge canopy and participated in water pouring--- a game of sprinkling water on each other, to celebrate the Rakhing New Year, he further added. Canopies were set up at different area of Cox?s Bazar on the occasion..."

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Kaladan News

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2004-04-22

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2004-05-03

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