Editing Vesak (section)

==== In Myanmar (Burma) ====
[[File:Buddha Day 02.jpg|thumb|Burmese Buddhist devotees traditionally water [[Bodhi Tree|Bodhi trees]] to mark Vesak.]]
[[File:Buddha Day.jpg|thumb|Burmese Buddhist devotees converge on a Bodhi tree in preparation for watering.]]
In [[Myanmar]] (Burma), Vesak is known as the Full Moon Day of [[Kason]] (ကဆုန်လပြည့် ဗုဒ္ဓနေ့), which is the second month in the traditional [[Burmese calendar]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Khin Maung Nyunt|date=2019-05-18|title=Full moon day of Kasone: Buddha Day|work=The Global New Light of Myanmar|url=https://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/full-moon-day-of-kasone-buddha-day/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519205657/http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/full-moon-day-of-kasone-buddha-day/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 May 2019}}</ref> The date is a public gazetted holiday. Buddhist devotees typically celebrate by offering alms to Buddhist monks, adhering to a more stringent set of Buddhist precepts, practicing meditation, and freeing fish and birds from captivity.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Full moon day of Kason|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/20409-full-moon-day-of-kason.html|date=2016-05-20|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206142847/https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/20409-full-moon-day-of-kason.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Throughout the country, the date is also marked by a traditional festival called the ''Nyaungye-thun'' or "Bodhi tree water pouring festival" ({{interlanguage link|ညောင်ရေသွန်းပွဲ|my}}), whereby devotees visit [[Burmese pagoda|pagodas]] or monasteries ([[kyaung]]) to pour scented water to sacred [[Bodhi Tree]]s using clay pots,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stay at home day of Kasone|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/stay-home-day-kasone.html|date=2020-05-05|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719123724/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/stay-home-day-kasone.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> to ensure the trees, which hold great significance in Buddhism, do not die during the peak of summer.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Full moon day of Kason|url=https://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/full-moon-day-kason-0|website=Yangon Life|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011222022/http://yangonlife.com.mm/en/article/full-moon-day-kason-0|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ye Ye Myint|date=2019-05-19|title=Buddha Day, Full Moon Day of Kason celebrated across Myanmar|work=Myanmar News Agency|url=https://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/buddha-day-full-moon-day-of-kason-celebrated-across-myanmar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520224915/http://www.globalnewlightofmyanmar.com/buddha-day-full-moon-day-of-kason-celebrated-across-myanmar/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

This tradition dates back to the pre-colonial era and continues to take place at major pagodas such as the Shwekyetyet and Shwekyetkya Pagodas in the former royal capital of [[Amarapura]].<ref name=":0" /> A [[Konbaung era]] court poet, [[Letwe Thondara]] composed a complete set of [[Yadu (poetry)|''yadu'']] poems describing this festival in Meza Hill, near [[Katha, Myanmar|Katha]], where he had been exiled by King [[Hsinbyushin]].<ref name=":0" />