Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla and families of
the Office of Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy and Air) pour water on Bo
trees
NAY PYI TAW May 18
Commander-in-Chief
of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife Daw Kyu Kyu
Hla and families of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army, Navy
and Air) poured water on the Bo trees of the Lawkachantha Hsutaungpaye
Athin Phayagyi Pagoda in front of Zeyathiri Department Store in
Zeyathiri Township this evening at the Kason Bo Tree Water Pouring
Ceremony, one of the annually-held seasonal festivals of Myanmar, which
falls on the Fullmoon Day of Kason.
First, Senior General Min
Aung Hlaing and wife offered flowers, water and oil lights to the
pagoda. Officers, other ranks, families led by the Senior General and
wife took their respective places. The master of ceremonies recited a
religious Gatha.
Then, they poured water and fragrant water on
Bo trees of the pagoda in groups. Present on the occasion were
Commander- in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win and wife, the
Union Minister for Home Affairs and wife, the Union Minister for Defence
and wife, the Union Minister for Border Affairs and wife, the Chief of
the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) and wife, the Commander-in-Chief
(Navy) and wife, the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and wife, senior military
officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, the
commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command and wife, officers and other ranks from
offices / departments and family members, and they poured water on the
Bo trees.
Similar ceremonies were also held at the Nay Pyi Taw
Command, Northern Command, North-East Command, Eastern Command,
Central-East Command, Triangle Region Command, South-East Command,
Coastal Region Command, Yangon Command, South-West Command, Western
Command, North-West Command, Central Command, and Southern Command.
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