Flames and fireworks as Myanmar fire balloon fest opens

The Taunggyi Tazaungdaing marks the end of the rainy season

Published: November 06, 2019 10:01 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Producer

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Participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Brightly coloured balloons with hundreds of homemade fireworks woven into their frames are sent soaring into the night sky, showering down cascades of sparks onto adoring crowds in the annual Taunggyi fire balloon festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with small lanterns. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants dance as a hot-air balloon attached with small lanterns is prepared to be released during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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People looking at a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State Image Credit: AFP

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Wa ethnic women smiling during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants celebrating as fireworks explode after they released a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants dancing during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar. Image Credit: AFP

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Wa ethnic women performing a traditional dance during the opening ceremony of the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants dance during the opening ceremony of the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar. Image Credit: AFP

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A hot-air balloon in the sky during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Lanterns in the sky during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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Firefighters at work after a fireworks-laden hot-air balloon ignited before the balloon was at a sufficient height during during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants releasing a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival. Image Credit: AFP

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