What's happening during Thingyan Water Festival 2019 in Yangon? 1. Inya Splash Walk Yangon 2019 The walking Thingyan celebration is happening just 20 minutes walk from Winner Inn. Enjoy ethnic parades, live concerts with top local artists and celebrities, and a variety of traditional food stalls from different parts of Myanmar. Date: 13-16 April 2019 Time: 9am - 6pm Location: Inya Road (between Pyay Road and University Avenue Road) < 20 minutes walk from Winner Inn > Inya Spl

Photo credit: Lost Boy Memoirs Thingyan is here. Myanmar's equivalent of Thailand's Songkran. Terms you should know: Thin-gyan (which means "transition") is a Buddhist festival that lasts 4-5 days into the new year Man-dat is the Burmese word for pandals which are temporary stages built for Thingyan where people can splash water Pa-dauk flower blooms after the first rain of the year which usually falls during April-May Photo credit: Cerlin Ng Where to party in Yangon during t

Join the peaceful morning masses. It is just a few minutes away from Winner Inn. Daily Masses: 6:30AM (English) Sunday Masses: 7:00AM (English & Myanmar), 8:30AM (Korean), 10:00AM (English), 5:00PM (Myanmar) +95-1-535761 64 Inya Road 3 min drive, 19 min walk (1.5 km) #thingstodo #culture #visit

Yangon's first Christmas market was held from 23 to 25 December 2017. The road-long christmas market was filled with food vendors and stage performances. Well-known Myanmar singers like Chit Thu Wai and Chan Chan drew big crowds. We squeezed tightly beside each other and humming to the songs together. Bogyoke Road was blocked off starting from Junction City traffic light to St Mary's Cathedral. St Mary's Cathedral, the biggest church in Yangon was also filled with fun activit

Santa arrived at Winner Inn yesterday and told us to wrap up his freshly baked muffins in time for Christmas. Our Winner Elves went to work and got them ready in time for the special day. Merry Christmas from Yangon, Myanmar! Featuring: Winner Inn's Moist Chocolate Chip Muffins #culture #publicholiday #christmas #tradition

Let Thoke Sone (လက္သုပ္စံုု) is a hand-tossed mixed salad. This well-loved Myanmar salad consists of more than one type of noodle and rice, seasoned with different dressings and finally mixed with hand. Let's learn some Burmese words here. Let (လက္): hand Thoke (သုပ္): salad Sone (စံုု): a variety The Base: Noodles, Potatoes... Noodles - ေခါက္ဆြဲ Glass Vermicelli - ပဲၾကာဇန္ Fried Tofu - ပဲျပား Cabbage - ေဂၚဖီ Chickpea Tofu - တိုု့ဟုူး Beansprouts - ပဲပင္ေပါက္ Mohinga Vermicel

It is basic etiquette to call a person using Mr and Ms. In Myanmar, Mr and Ms have different variations based on seniority and age. Let's learn to speak Burmese from the basics of addressing each other. U – Adult males (from younger to their seniors) Daw – Adult females (from younger to their seniors) Ko – Younger males (most commonly used) Ma – Younger females (most commonly used) If you are not familiar with the name, you can just use as follows: U/U Lay/Ba Gyi - uncle Aunt

Hta Ma Ne (ထမနဲ) is glutinous rice seasoned with peanuts, coconut flakes and sesame seeds. Htamane festival is held on the eve of the full moon day of Tabodwe (the 11th month of Myanmar calendar, February). Donors offer Htamane to the Buddha and monks before dawn on the full-moon day. Here's the step by step Htamane making procedure. Coconut is sliced on the carpenter's plane. The sliced coconut and ginger are fried on the big wok. Oil and water are added in and stirring unti

Explore these Burmese traditional street-side snacks, dishes, drinks and desserts at the Night Market along Strand Road. Open from 3PM - 11PM. Highly recommended! *Opt for hot foods cooked when you order for health safety* Ga Nan Hinn (ဂဏန္းဟင္း) crabs cooked in masala curry. Sticks of meat and veggies ready to be grilled. Thin Paung Poe (သင္ေပါင္းပိုုး) Larvae that lives in a plant’s stem is deep fried when ordered. It is rich and creamy with a crunch exterior layer. Pa Yit

Chinese New Year Lion Dance performing teams in Yangon will be coming to Winner Inn to showcase their talents and bring good luck to the Winner family on the following dates. Feel free to stay home and watch their performances at the lobby entrance. Jan 27 (Friday) 2017 1:00 PM Diamond Lion Dance Group Jan 28 (Saturday) 2017 4:30PM Lion King Dance Group Jan 30 (Monday) 2017 5:00PM Kyan Fu Group Jan 31 (Tuesday) 2017 10:30 AM Golden Dragon Lion Dance Club #chinese #new #newyea