Songkran 13 April - Nyårsfirande i Thailand och i Asien
Description: Among tourists Songkran festival is mostly known as the Water Festival and is generally a very wet celebration.
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In Thailand, and big parts of the rest of South East Asia, New Years is traditionally celebrated when the sun enters the star sign of Aries, which is the first sign in Sidereal astrology. This normally happens between the 13th and 15th of April, but nowadays the New Year celebrations in Thailand kick off on the fixed date of April 13th. The New Year celebration in Thailand is called Songkran, which is Sanskrit for «to pass» or «move into», it refers to the movement of the sun, the moon and all the rest of t
Among tourists Songkran is mostly known as the Water Festival and is generally a very wet celebration. People splash, pour and shoot water at each other for three wild days and the basic idea is that the water cleanses both people and environment in preparation for the coming year.
The wild water chaos in Thailand during Songkran festival is based on the idea that the water brings prosperity and fertility to both earth and people. The belief is that splashing water around you will lead to rain which in turn makes everything clean, strong and full of good health, from the people to the earth, trees and crops. Some call Songkran a good spring cleaning. Nowadays the water splashing activities are accompanied with wild partying; no one walks the Thai streets safely during Songkran. Being
Songkran 13 April - Nyårsfirande i Thailand och i Asien