![]() ![]() Some also cover themselves in mud or in a paste made of water and chalk.īetween the 13th and the 15th of April, the entire country, including the capital, Bangkok, will grind to a halt while its inhabitants clean themselves from their sins. Songkran Thai festival is celebrated each April across Thailand and other neighboring countries and is an opportunity for its citizens to take a few days off, to party, to sprinkle themselves cheerfully with water guns, buckets, plastic cups, or even using their hands as receptacles. If you can wash the Buddhas every year, why not wash each other, too? The whole concept of the festival stems from a Buddhist festival during which people were washing Buddha statues with water. Songkran Thai festival is the time of the year when everybody in Bangkok and throughout Thailand are launching bucketsful of cold water towards strangers while grinning uncontrollably.
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