Karen New Year
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Official nameကညီနံၣ်ထီၣ်သီ ဖၠုံဏိင်းထင်းသင့်
ObservedbyKaren people
TypeCultural
ObservancesRaising of Karen National Flag, Karen Doe Dance Competition
| Karen New Year | |
|---|---|
| Official name | ကညီနံၣ်ထီၣ်သီ ဖၠုံဏိင်းထင်းသင့် |
| Observed by | Karen people |
| Type | Cultural |
| Observances | Raising of Karen National Flag, Karen Doe Dance Competition |
| 2025 date | December 19 |
| Frequency | Annual |
The Karen New Year (S'gaw Karen: ကညီနံၣ်ထီၣ်သီ, Pwo Western Karen: ၦဖျိၩ့နံၪ့ထၪ့ၥၫ့, Pwo Eastern Karen: ပ်ုဖၠုံၮိင်းထင်းသင့်), also known as the Kayin New Year (Burmese: ကရင်နှစ်သစ်ကူး), is one of the major holidays celebrated by the Karen people.[1] The Karen New Year falls on the first day of Pyatho, the tenth month in the Burmese calendar,[2] and typically falls in December or January. The timing coincides with the completion of the Southeast Asian rice harvest in the lead-up to Pyatho.[3] Celebrations typically include don dances and bamboo dances, singing, speeches, and the consumption of food and alcohol.[4] The day is a gazetted public holiday in Myanmar.[5]
