Preparations begin for Thingyan festivities at Palin Kanthaya Elephant Camp
ACCORDING to the camp’s official, plans
are underway for visitors to enjoy the water festival during the upcoming
Thingyan at Palin Kanthaya Elephant Camp.
It is located near Palin (West) Village
on the Myingyan-Pakokku highway, NyaungU Township, Mandalay Region, on the
bank of the Ayeyawady River.
Preparations include installing
floating buoys, water pipes, and sprinkles in March and renovating guest tents.
“For Thingyan, we have plans to start
next month. We plan to organize water play in the river during Thingyan, provide
more food services, and photo scenes. We have started working. The buildings
are already there. We will renovate the floating buoys and buildings,
re-install the water pipes and prepare the sprinkles so that visitors can play
water. We are currently renovating the tents for visitors to rest,” said U Myo
Min Ko, head of the camp.
Palin Kanthayar Elephant Camp received
thousands of visitors from the Thingyan period last year until the Myanmar New
Year.
“Last year, during the Thingyan
festival, there were a lot of visitors to the elephant camp. The number was
about 500 per day with almost a thousand on the New Year. There were many
donors as well as vacationers. There are still few tourists during this period,
but we expect them to increase during Thingyan,” he said. — Thit Taw/ZN
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