Tazungmone Mood: Offering Charity Feasts & Lighting

According to Myanmar calendar, Tazaungmone is the eighth month which falls within the cool season uniquely pleasant and refreshing time of year.

The Tazaungmone festival is a public holiday and it is also known as the Tazaungdaing Festival of Lights. With rich cultural traditions, Myanmar Buddhists offer collective charity feasts in every village and town, reflecting the generosity and unity.  Another well-known tradition is the offering of mezali bud salad.

Ancient Myanmar medical texts note that mezali flowers, at their most potent in Tazaungmone, can be consumed as both food and herbal medicine. On the full moon night, people share mezali flower salad as a gesture of friendship and goodwill.

Streets, homes, and buildings are illuminated with oil lamps, paper lanterns, and colourful electric lights, symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness. The acts of giving, worship, and celebration that fill Tazaungmone, a truly joyous and spiritually enriching season in Myanmar calendar.