If Thailand is known for the excessive Full Moon Partys and other drinking events on the beaches, though only a minority take part, Songkran Thai festival is celebrated by everyone in the country, the oldest to the youngest, local and expatriates alike. Enterprising merchants sell water on the streets for those who would like to reload their guns or water buckets.Īnd farangs (foreigners in Thai) are also part of the celebration.
The scene is also fun to imagine: in downtown Bangkok, on the subway or in the streets, people walk and drink beer, completely wet, as if they’d just stepped out of the shower with their clothes on. 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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