In Pictures: Myanmar lake festival resumes after three years

Inntha ethnic people row on a long boat in a procession carrying Buddha images to a monastery during the pagoda festival (Thein Zaw/AP)

One of the most colourful festivals in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, involving scores of rowed boats and a spectacular gold-gilded barge, is being celebrated this month after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic and violent political instability.

Inle is famous for its fishermen, who practice a unique style of rowing while standing with one leg wrapped around a single oar(Thein Zaw/AP)