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Last year we covered the world's biggest water fight, the Songkran Festival in Thailand, and although our story was viewed 100,000 times, and everyone marveled at the delightfully eccentric contrast ...

This year's three-week-long Songkran festival with festivities to take place across the country is expected to give tourism a much-needed boost as it is expected to bring in tens of billions of baht ...

I tried to save my city during Songkran, diving into the chaos, water fights, and unforgettable moments of Thailand’s wildest festival. #Songkran #ThailandFestival #TravelStory #CityLife ...

Thailand is in the middle of its Songkran celebrations, marking the country’s traditional New Year, which have millions participating in the world’s biggest water fight. Thai officials and business ...

The Songkran festival is expected to generate 24.4 billion baht during the five-day holiday, drawing 510,000 foreign travellers and 4.29 million domestic trips, according to the Tourism Authority of ...

The Songkran Festival is a holiday in Thailand that celebrates the New Year and is filled with fun-filled activities Thais believe that splashing water on people in the streets is a way to bring good ...

Singapore will hold a Songkran festival this month but it will be literally dry. This is quite strange since Songkran is Thailand’s New Year celebration which features a lot of water throwing. The ...

The festival begins with the Song Nam Phra ritual, a traditional start to the new year. Attendees can pour scented water over a Buddha, symbolising purification and renewal, washing away bad luck and ...

LAYTON — The Wat Dhammagunaram Layton Temple is holding a Songkran festival on Saturday and Sunday to mark the Thai and Lao new year. Activities go from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with Buddhist “merit ...

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran, as the festival welcoming in the new year ...

“Why is everyone carrying those guns?” This seemingly valid question was asked during an episode of season three of “The White Lotus” by Kate (Leslie Bibb), one of three women in Thailand on a girls’ ...