24^th Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival Splashing Out at Macau Fisherman’s Wharf

The Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival - a popular annual ritual hosted by the Macau Association of Mutual Help of Myanmar Overseas Chinese - features a photography exhibition, Festooned Vehicle Parade, Blessings Parade, Myanmar and Southeast Asia Cuisine and Cultural Festival, Folk Music and Dance Performances plus Water Festival Carnival, bringing the exotic South East Asian culture to every corner of Macao.

The Festival holds its 24^th edition this year from 26^th to 28^th April. On 26^th April, the photography exhibition held on Legend Boulevard in Macau Fisherman’s Wharf will inaugurate a series of exciting events. The Festooned Vehicle Parade - the highlight of the Water Festival - gets rolling on 27^th April, with floats departing at 9:30am and 2:00pm plus 9:00am on the following day (28^th April) traversing locations on the Macao Peninsula and Taipa bestowing luck and fortune upon residents and visitors.

Another highlight of the Festival - the Water Festival Carnival - will be held from 10:00am to 5:00pm on 28^th April, with the ever popular ‘Water Zone’ set up on Macau Fisherman’s Wharf’s Legend Boulevard. The Carnival also features a photo-taking zone, blessing ceremony, booths of tempting Southeast Asian food plus folk music and games.   

From 1:00pm to 10:00pm on 27^th April, the ever popular Myanmar and Southeast Asia Cuisine and Cultural Festival will be held on Rua da Restauração, offering a smorgasbord of tempting Southeast Asian delights. And from 4:00pm to 5:00pm, a Blessings Parade will be held in the Three Lamps District (Rotunda de Carlos da Maia) and Bairro de San Kio, expressed very physically by the joyful - very random! - splashing of water on participants, followed in the evening by folk music and dance performances from 7:30pm to 10:00pm in the Three Lamps District.