Annual Moegaung Pagoda Festival

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 (Moegaung pagoda was seen behind the busy road, and tress.)

Moegaung pagoda was situated at the Moegaung Pagoda road, near Yankin. Every year on December, Moegaung pagoda festival was held. There was a week or sometimes 2 weeks fair held at the pagoda ground. Although my grandma wrote, ‘Every pagoda has an annual festival.’ we rarely see the annual pagoda festivals in every pagoda except Moegaung pagoda in our days. For the people who were hunger for pagoda festivals, were waiting for the Moegaung Pagoda festival comes.

(The evening view of Moegaung Pagoda.)

Moegaung Pagoda stands at the side of the Moegaung Pagoda road, East Rangoon. The locality is a busy road with daily traffic and people around. There was a large estate of Moegaung monastery near Moegaung Pagoda. Monks and lay devotees always care, and do maintenance for the Pagoda. The season festival on every December always takes place in the Moegaung pagoda ground. So, there were trade fairs, and colourful goods from all over the country were seen in the place in the festival. 

(Burmese foods sold in the festival ground.)

(Chairs and tables welcomed all the visitors for foods and cuisines sold in the festival.)

(Until night, still crowding, and crowding.)

            Especially the Burmese foods were seen at the pagoda ground, and people loved to walk around, and tasted them with delight. Before the evening came, people wondered under the long winding rows of temporary stalls built of bamboo and, shopping Burmese foods, and colourful goods with excitement.