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===Lifestyle=== [[File:Karaweik at night.jpg|thumb|The [[Karaweik]] at night time, at [[Kandawgyi Lake]], which is one of a few major recreational parks in Yangon]] Yangon's property market is the most expensive in the country and beyond the reach of most Yangonites. Most rent outside the centre and few can afford to rent such apartments. (In 2008, rents for a typical {{convert|650|to|750|sqft|m2|adj=on}} apartments in the centre and vicinity range between K70,000 and K150,000 and those for high end condos between K200,000 and K500,000.)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mmtimes.com/no427/b006.htm |title=Rentals brisk in lead up to Waso |date=14 July 2008 |author=Aye Sabae Phyu |work=The Myanmar Times |access-date=6 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430045857/http://www.mmtimes.com/no427/b006.htm |archive-date=30 April 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[File:Hindu temple procession cart, Yangon.jpg|left|thumb|[[Hinduism in Southeast Asia|Hindu]] temple procession cart]] Yangon is home to [[pagoda festival]]s (''paya pwe''), held during dry-season months (November β March). The most famous of all, the Shwedagon Pagoda Festival in March, attracts thousands of pilgrims from around the country. [[List of museums in Yangon|Yangon's museums]] are the domain of tourists and rarely visited by the locals. Most of Yangon's larger hotels offer nightlife entertainment, geared towards tourists and the well-to-do Burmese. Some hotels offer traditional Burmese performing arts shows complete with a traditional Burmese orchestra.
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