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| Sangken | |
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| Official name | Sangken Festival |
| Observed by | Khamti, Singpho, Tangsa, Khamyang Tai Phake, Tai Aiton in northeast India and Northern Myanmar |
| Significance | Marks the Tai New Year |
| Date | 13/14 April[1] |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | Thingyan, Songkran, Water-Sprinkling Festival, Lao New Year, Cambodian New Year |
The Sangken festival is celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Assam, India and in Kachin, Sagaing region of Myanmar as the traditional New Year's Day from 14 to 16 April by the Theravada Buddhist Communities. It coincides with the New Year of many calendars. The Sangken festival is celebrated by the Khamti, Singpho, Khamyang, Tangsa tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, and Tai Phake, Tai Aiton, and Tai Turung communities of Assam. Sangken generally falls in the month of 'Nuean Ha', the fifth month of the year of the Tai lunisolar calendar coinciding with the month of April. It is celebrated in the last days of the old year and the New Year begins on the day just after the end of the festival.
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