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Boston’s Burmese revel in new year

By Alexander C. Kaufman

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 16, 2012

The water Sai Kyaw splashed on his children’s necks and shoulders was meant to cleanse them and mark a fresh start to the Burmese New Year. Like many Burmese in the Boston area, Kyaw and his family followed their centuries-old tradition this weekend by dousing each other with water and serving traditional coconut-encrusted rice balls in the restaurant they own in Allston. The Burmese New Year, called Thingyan lasts three days and concluded Sunday.

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