(Many of the fairs, festivals, and other wonderful food events that usually fill my calendar each spring have been postponed or cancelled. This post is based on Thingyan celebrations of previous years.)
From sunnier days: tofu thoke, a salad made from yellow chickpea (besan) flour, prepared on the spot, by hand (gloved hand, even then). This annual celebration of Thingyan, the water festival that marks the Burmese New Year, is organized by the Light of Dhamma Buddhist Association (LDBA) for the benefit of Visoddaryon Dhamma Ramsi Vihara, a local Burmese Buddhist monastery. For more photos from multiple years of the festival, see my album on Flickr.
LDBA Thingyan festival
Parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
(The 2020 festival, previously scheduled for April 11, has been cancelled)
