{"id":5033,"date":"2024-03-19T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:18:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:18:23","slug":"shwedagon-pagoda-will-open-every-day-in-celebration-of-thingyan-and-myanmar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/?p=5033","title":{"rendered":"Shwedagon Pagoda will open every day in celebration of Thingyan and Myanmar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>19 March 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Shwedagon Pagoda in Dagon Township will be open daily from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the Maha Thingyan Festival and Myanmar New Year, which falls on 17 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the Maha Thingyan Festival, the Pagoda will be open daily to accommodate the numerous pilgrims engaging in meritorious deeds,\u201d said U Tin Wa, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees. \u201cAdditionally, there will be a program where Sayadaws will give the Nine Precepts to the congregation at the pagoda\u2019s prayer hall. Plans are also underway for religious groups and donors to donate sticky rice balls and Satuditha (Charity feast) foods at the pagoda. On Myanmar New Year\u2019s Day, an early meal will be offered to Ovadacariya Sayadaws and New Year Satuditha donations will be made at the Ancient Buddha Prayer Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29.jpg 904w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/photo_2024-03-19_16-45-29-640x400.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 March 2024 The Shwedagon Pagoda in Dagon Township will be open daily from 5 a.m. to 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5035,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions\/5035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtnewstoday.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}