Asia Album: Full Moon Day of Kason celebrated in Myanmar

A woman waters a Bodhi tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

YANGON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar people, especially Buddhists, participate in a sacred tradition of watering Bodhi Trees on the full moon day of Kason lunar month in the Myanmar calendar.

People water a Bodhi tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

A woman prays on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

A woman waters a Bodhi tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

People water a Bodhi Tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/ Myo Kyaw Soe)

People water a Bodhi Tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/ Myo Kyaw Soe)

A woman waters a Bodhi Tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/ Myo Kyaw Soe)

A man waters a Bodhi Tree on the Fullmoon Day of Kason at the Botahtaung Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, May 22, 2024. (Xinhua/ Myo Kyaw Soe)■