Annual Tazaungdine Hot Air Balloon Festival Opens In Taunggyi, Myanmar

Contestants prepare paper lamps to decorate under hot air balloons during the annual Tazaungdine hot air balloon festival in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, Myanmar, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, festival goers watch as contestants prepare to release a hot air balloon during the annual Tazaungdine hot air balloon festival in Taunggyi, southern Shan State, Myanmar. <AP Photo>

Myanmar Land mark Shwedagon Pagoda is illuminated during the fullmoon day Wednesday, Nov.28, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. In ‘Tazaungmone’ (November), Tazaunding’ Festival is held on the full moon day of Tazaungmone according to the Myanmar calendar. <AP Photo/Khin Maung Win>