Capital of the Southern Shan State lies 1,430 meters above the sea level and has a moderate climate. Taunggyi maintain ethnological museum where cultural objects, musical instruments, traditional dresses, household and farm implements, paintings, sculptures, arts and crafts of the different national races residing in Shan State in display. The most significant festival is the annual Tazaungdine Lighting Festival (Oct / Nov). Lu Ping festival commonly known as hot balloon festival celebrates by Pa O, one of the many ethnic groups in the region. On the occasion people enjoy fun and merriment by holding firework-launching competitions.
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It was formely known as "Maymyo" after the English Colonel May and used as a summer retreat for the Brithish during the colonial era. Over 1000 metres above sea-level, Pyin Oo Lwin is a popular hill station about 69km away from Mandalay. It is well known for its colonial style houses with large compound and pine trees, eucalyptus and silver-oak abound in town. Delightfully cool and pleasant the whole year round.
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A small, quiet place, surrounded by snow-capped mountains stretching from Tibet in the northwest. Steep fields in the valleys around are cultivated. There are gardens of hill rice, maize and mixed with cereal crops, cucumbers, gourds and huge marrows. The higher region is populated with pine, hemlock and silver fir mixed with some larch. From 2,750 meters to 3,660 meters almost pure conifer forests cover the slopes. There is a abundance of hardwoods such as oak, maple, birch, walnut, chestnut as well as rhododendron and others.
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The long golden beaches along the Rakhine coastline are among the most beautiful in the world and attract more and more tourists every year. Ngapali, near Sandoway, in the south of the state, is Myanmar's most popular beach destination, and yet this remarkably unspoilt spot manages to retain an almost empty exclusive feel in sharp contrast to the many crowded beaches of neighboring Thailand. Here, dreams of idyllic palm-fringed beaches, lapped by crystal clear tropical waters, merge with reality.
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