Revellers releasing a hot air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Pyin Oo Lwin Township in Mandalay. - AFP
YANGON (Xinhua): Hot air balloons have returned to the sky over Pyin Oo Lwin, a scenic hill town in central Myanmar after a two-year hiatus.
On Monday night, the Pyin Oo Lwin Tazaungdaing hot air balloon festival was in full swing. The five-day event this year started last Friday, featuring more than 70 hot air balloons, along with traditional dancing and musical performances and sports competition.
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