Thingyan/Water Festival Quiz သင်္ကြန် ပဟေဠိ
Do you know the following? These are the clues for “သင်္ကြန် words” which are well-used and well-loved along with the special New Year festival of Myanmar.
- This fresh shower usually comes around the period of Thingyan
- The water station where the hosts throw water at the people or cars passing by
- How you say “it’s the time of Thingyan!”
- How you refer to the action of “passing over into the new year”
- A famous Thingyan snack which is named after the floating rice balls/dumplings
- A maiden who performs on a Thingyan stage or who actively participates in the festival
- The decorated float usually with the musical performance on it
- The Celestial King believed to descend to the earth during Thingyan to document good deeds or wrong deeds of people
- The ritual pot to welcome Thingyan with seven types of flowers that denote the seven days of the week
- It is specially prepared with the fragrance of beeswax as a special meal for Thingyan
- The bulletin of the transition period (Thingyan) predicting the events of the next year
- You see this yellow flower with very sweet fragrance in the hair of Myanmar girls/ladies during Thingyan
- A choral dance performed along the drum beats of the special Thingyan music
- Thingyan fever; usually the word for ‘germs’, to refer to someone's zest for Thingyan
- It is fired to signal the beginning of Thingyan, which figuratively means “empty boast”
- A group performance with satirical lyrics that criticize the wrong deeds of the society
Find the words here. Good luck! သင်္ကြန်ကျ /thin: (dha) gjan kja/. /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ ʧa̰/ သင်္ကြန်မယ် /thin: (dha) gjan me/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ mἑ/ မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ် /moun. loun: jei bo/ /mo̰ʊ̃ lóʊ̃ yèi bɔ̀/ သင်္ကြန် လက်ဆေးမိုး/thin: (dha) gjan le' hsei: mou:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ leʔ sʰé mó/ အလှပြကား /ahla. pja. Ka:/ /ə əl̥a̰ pya̰ ká/ သင်္ကြန် သံချပ် /thin: (dha) gjan than gja'/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ θà̃ ʤaʔ/ သိကြားမင်း /dha gja: min:/ /ðə ʤá mí̃/ သင်္ကြန်စာ /thin: (dha) gjan za/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ zà/ သင်္ကြန်ထမင်း /thin: (dha) gjan hta min:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ tʰəmí̃/ သင်္ကြန်ယိမ်း /thin: (dha) gjan jein:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ yéἶ/ အတာအိုး /a ta ou:/ /ətà ó/ ရေပက် မဏ္ဍပ် /jei pe’ man: da'/ /yè peʔ má̃ daʔ/ သင်္ကြန်ပိုး /thin: (dha) gjan pou:/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ pó/ သင်္ကြန်အမြောက် /thin: (dha) gjan amjau’/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃ əmyaʊʔ/ ပိတောက်ပန်း /badau' pan:/ /bədaʊʔ pá̃/ အတာကူး /a ta ku:/ /ətà kú/ **The key word > သင်္ကြန် /thin: (dha) gjan/ /θí̃ (ðə) ʤà̃/ |
Here is the Key :-)