Hello All,
Today is 13 April 2011, It is Thai New Year Festival (Songran Festival )and am still in BKK (abv for Bangkok-Thailand) I did not visit my hometown in the south of Thailand as other Thai people do as this period we all have long vacation ^ ^ (well, normally starting from 2-3 days for Thai New Year but some people hold a week for vacation, oh how nice!)
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| Painted Elephant ^ ^ * How Cute ! |
The weather today was so...hot here, nearly all vendors close there shop. I am lucky enough to stock some food in the fridge. I found the electric pot sent by my mom are very useful now.
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Thailand Water Festivals 2011 (Articles from http://thailand-festivals.com" "Songkran or Water Festival is Thai New Year captures the imagination of travellers for both its cultural and fun attributes; the latter being enthusiastic bouts of water splashing between friends and relatives. The main celebrations, in the capital, focus on bathing rites of replicas of revered Buddha images originating from various provinces in the North, South, East and central regions, interspersed with traditional food and dessert-making demonstrations and cultural performances. An occasion for family reunions and temple visits, Songkran begins with the “Rod Nam Dum Hua” ritual which is officially called the National Elderly Day. This ritual involves young people pouring fragrant water into the elders’ palms as a sign of humility and to ask for their blessings. Another important ritual during this water festival is bathing the Buddha, where worshipers pour fragrant water over Buddha statues at the temples and at homes. People in Thailand also splash water at each other to symbolically wash off all misfortunes."
There are also important celebrations through the country at various tourist destinations:
• Old City Songkran Festival, Ayutthaya
• Songkran Festival, Chon Buri
• Amazing Songkran, Suphan Buri
• Phra Pradaeng Songkran Festival, Samut Prakarn
• Songkran Festival, Chiang Mai
• Songkran Festival, Sukhothai
• Fantastic Northeast Songkran, Golden Shower Tree and ‘Kan’ Festival and Sticky Rice Road in Khon Kaen
• Grand Northeast Songkran Festival, Nong Khai
• Songkran Nakhon Phnom and Thai-Lao New Year Celebration
• Hat Yai Midnight Songkran, Songkhla
• Grand Songkran Festival and ‘Nang Dan’ Parade, Nakhon Si Thammarat
• Songkran on the Beach
Special Thanks to;
- http://muay-thai-santai.com/news/ for nice photos
- http://thailand-festivals.com/ for useful articles and references
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