The festival involves celebrating Shwedagon Pagoda Festival . procession with light,general merit-making activities are the observances in Māgha Pūjā . Full moon day of the 3rd lunar month is when Māgha Pūjā is celebrated . The 2019 date of the festival was 19 February . Buddhist,cultural are the type(s) Māgha Pūjā festival . The festival is observed by Cambodian,Lao,Burmese,Sri Lankan and Thai Theravāda Buddhists . Māgha Pūjā is also called Saṅgha Day,Fourfold Assembly Day . The significance of Māgha Pūjā festival are A historical meeting was held between the Buddha and his first 1,250 disciples . Māgha Pūjā is related to Chotrul Duchen (in Tibet),Daeboreum (in Korea),Koshōgatsu (in Japan),Lantern Festival (in China),Tết Nguyên tiêu (in Vietnam)
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