. "Marks the Burmese New Year" . . . . . . "Thingyan ()"@en . "Thingyan"@en . "Thingyan (Burmese: \u101E\u1004\u103A\u1039\u1000\u103C\u1014\u103A; MLCTS: sangkran, [\u03B8\u026A\u0301\u0274d\u0291\u00E0\u0274]; Arakanese: [\u03B8\u0254\u0301\u0274kr\u00E0\u0274]; from Sanskrit sa\u1E41kr\u0101nti, which means \"transit [of the Sun from Pisces to Aries]\") is the Burmese New Year Water Festival and usually falls around mid-April (the Burmese month of Tagu). It is a Buddhist festival celebrated over a period of four to five days, culminating in the New Year."@en . . .