They gather in large private compounds and carry on with music and dancing - maybe western style. Drink and food flow and occasionally fights break out, but it is always kept under control by the adults of the neighbourhood who keep a watchful eye though there is no restraint on fun and games. All these revellers emerge again at about 4 in the afternoon and the tempo quickens as the sun loses its heat. The music becomes louder and at the more popular pavilions, where the girls are attractive, the water plentiful and the songs lively, there is usually a long line of cars waiting to join in the wet dancing and singing. Then there are boys on motorcycles who cut dashing figures though drenched through and through.
Nobody is at a standstill.
They are all jumping and dancing and yelling raucously. But some of the girls in the cars cower under large bath towels when the water pressure from the pipes get too strong. This festival is the most uninhibited revelry in the Myanmar calendar, and adults have their share of fun. They gather together, throw water, watch or take part in the dancing and singing with a lot of food and drink. The Mayor of Yangon and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as other Ministries invite foreign guests to take part in their Thingyan celebrations.