JUNE
Pakokku Thiha Shin Pagoda Festival
Date : 8th Waxing of Nayon
Location : Pakokku, Central Myanmar
Duration : 15 days
Pakokku is an old traditional town on the western bank of the Ayeyarwaddy River. This pagoda festival is the most important for all towns west of the Ayeyarwaddy and products from the region, such as dried chili, homespun baskets and tobacco are sold every year at this huge country fair. The best thanakha trees, the bark of which is pounded to make the purely organic make-up cream used by many Myanmar women, grow in this area.