Myanmar warns no 'decadent' dress for New Year's [-Sounds like Cambodia's morality squad...]

April 2, 2011

It said that a special committee will supervise what people are wearing and will use CCTV cameras to videotape crowds.

PDT YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Revelers who wear "decadent" clothing during Myanmar's upcoming New Year's celebrations can face up to a month in prison, a news report said Sunday.

The four-day festival begins April 13 and marks the traditional New Year on the lunisolar calendar that is also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It's one of the few times when Myanmar's citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime.

Revelers in the impoverished country splash one another with water and dance in the streets, despite annual warnings of proper etiquette from the government. Myanmar was under military rule for 50 years.

Following elections last year, the junta was officially disbanded and handed power to a nominally civilian government, but the rules for partying during the New Year's celebration remain unchanged.

Phnom Penh organizes celebration to greet the New Year

Monday, December 31, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Phnom Penh city hall will organize a celebration for Phnom Penh dwellers at the Wat Phnom park, starting 07:00 PM, on 31 December 2007, to greet 2008, the New Year. According to a communiqué issued by the city hall at the end of last week, to celebrate the New Year and the environment award the city received from an organization based in London, England, the Phnom Penh city hall will display a band for the public to enjoy and dance to its music, in the evening of 31 December 2007, starting from 07:00 PM, at the Wat Phnom park. The event will be broadcasted live on TV Channel 3 also. At midnight, fireworks will be lit, and at 5:15 AM on 01 January, there will be a greeting of the first ray of light for the New Year 2008, in front of the royal palace.