Songkran Festival - Thai New Year
Thai New Year (Thai call : Songkran Day) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. Songkran falls in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season. Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand
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Songkran Festival : The celebration of Thai New Year and Water festival
With the great influence from the Indians, the Songkran Festival portrays the typical ways of life of the Thais which involve the agricultural aspects. The Thai citizens will find time to perform their annual rites of showing respect to their ancestors.
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