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• Traditional Burmese calendar — The traditional Burmese calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun. Within each month of the Burmese calendar, a major festival, often Burmese Buddhist in nature, is held. Despite its religious …   Wikipedia

• Calendar, Burmese —    The Burmese calendar consists of twelve 28 day lunar months, and begins with Thingyan in early or mid April. Because of the disparity between the lunar calendar and the rotation of the earth around the sun, an extra month, known as second Waso …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

• Burmese Buddhist Temple — The Burmese Buddhist Temple (also known as Maha Sasana Ramsi; zh sp|s= 缅甸玉佛寺|p=Miǎndiàn yùfósì) is located on Tai Gin Road in Novena, Singapore. Founded in 1875, the temple is the oldest Theravada institution and the only Burmese Buddhist temple… …   Wikipedia

• Calendar — For other uses, see Calendar (disambiguation). For the Gregorian calendar for this year, see Common year starting on Saturday. A page from the Hindu calendar 1871–1872. A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial,… …   Wikipedia

• Calendar of 2003 — ▪ 2004 January So long as there is a single Brazilian brother or sister going hungry, we have ample reason to be ashamed of ourselves. Lula, in his inaugural address as president of Brazil, January 1 January 1       The Socialist Lula (Luiz… …   Universalium

• Buddhist calendar — The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Sri Lanka in several related forms. It is a lunisolar calendar having months that are alternately 29 and 30 days,… …   Wikipedia