Residents watch an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. The three-day long festival held in celebration of the 55th anniversary of French-Myanmar relations, gathers local and international artists from street art, music, circus and dance that will bring street festivities around Yangon's public areas. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





Onlookers including novice Buddhist monks watch the arrival of an eight-metre tall wicker puppet (background C) from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





A girl wearing traditional "thanaka" facial cosmetic paste watches an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





Myanmar civil security personnel escort an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout during a parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





Residents watch an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





A girl wearing traditional “thanaka” facial cosmetic paste watches an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





Residents watch an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





Myanmar dancers perform to welcome the arrival of an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





An eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout arrives in Yangon city's Dala township for a parade on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)





A girl wearing traditional “thanaka” facial cosmetic paste watches an eight-metre tall wicker puppet from the French cultural group L'Homme Debout parade in Yangon city's Dala township on December 2, 2016 to mark the opening of the Mingalabar Festival. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)