TOKYO-2016

Wet and Wild (A Myanmar Thingyan Water Festival Series)

  • Photographer
    Nino Jim Bacalso

The series of photos were taken during my travel in Yangon, Myanmar last April 2016 in time for the celebration of Thingyan Water Festival. I documented it using my Fuji x-pro2 camera. Thingyan Water Festival is a week-long cultural activity in preparation for the New Year which normally falls on a Sunday. During the festival, people splash water on each other as a part of ritual cleansing for the coming new year. It was really a challenged. I plunged myself into the wet streets of Yangon with my camera ready to capture the fun and excitement of this yearly event. Witnessing the local people enjoying the festivities with dances and songs while splashing water on each other was a once in a lifetime experience. The moments I have captured are treasures which I want to share to the world.