Water Festival Marks Start Of New Year In Myanmar

YANGON, MYANMAR - APRIL 16: Young Burmese dancers wearing traditional clothing wait to take part in the closing ceremony during festivities on the fourth day of the Burmese new year water festival called Thingyan in Yangon, Myanmar April 16, 2014. Water-throwing is the distinguishing feature of this important festival during the first four days. Thingyan is similar to other new year festivities seen in Southeast Asian countries such as Laos, Cambodia and Songkran in Thailand. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)