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In this photograph taken on April 14, 2016, children wearing traditional cosmetic paste watch performers wearing colorful ethnic costumes performing on stage during a cultural program of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party celebrations marking Thingyan, a water festival which brings in the country’s new year, in Yangon on April 14, 2016 under the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi, ending decades of military junta iron rule. The Buddhist festival of water pouring symbolizes spiritual cleansing and begin the new year free from worldly impurities with celebrants devoting the four days of Thingyan in merry making of water dousing until the eve of new year. (Photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP Photo)
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