Raising of Karen National Flag, Karen Doe Dance Competition
2025 date
December 19
Frequency
Annual
TheKaren New Year (S'gaw Karen:ကညီနံၣ်ထီၣ်သီ,Pwo Western Karen:ၦဖျိၩ့နံၪ့ထၪ့ၥၫ့,Pwo Eastern Karen:ပ်ုဖၠုံၮိင်းထင်းသင့်), also known as theKayin New Year (Burmese:ကရင်နှစ်သစ်ကူး), is one of the major holidays celebrated by theKaren people.[1] The Karen New Year falls on the first day ofPyatho, the tenth month in theBurmese 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 includedon dances and bamboo dances, singing, speeches, and the consumption of food and alcohol.[4] The day is a gazettedpublic holiday inMyanmar.[5]
^Smith, Martin (1991).Burma - Insurgency and the Politics of Ethnicity. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. pp. 50–51,62–63,72–73,78–79,82–84,114–118, 86, 119.
