It is Songkran- Water Fight Come to Thailand for their New Year’s celebration and you will never be “Sad” or “Dry” This 4-day water fight will be fun. The time is fast approaching.
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Only 2 days until our first Songkran. We have been to Thailand many times but we have never been here to be able to enjoy the Thai New Years. We have heard outlandish things that will go on with elephants spraying the crowds with water out of the moat to bands of locals roaming the moat roads with huge buckets of ice water. They love to hit the tourists with the contents.
We know that this is going to be a photographers dream and we will be out in force to get as many good shots as we can for you to enjoy. Will continue and finish the article on the 16th and let you know how two 65-year-old Americans were able to survive Songkran along with our impressions of the festival.
Songkran is celebrated all across Asia during April each year the 13, 14, 15 as a festival for the Lunar New Year. The big day is the 14th, My Birthday, and includes attending temple ceremonies. This is a way for the people cleanse their body and soul. The temples have celebrations, dancing, and music daily.
We have been out the first two days of Songkran and the change in the people in Thailand for this festival is amazing. They are always such a quiet unassuming people and now they look like people from the Europe or Americas regions at a Saturday night beer bar with one exception. They all have buckets of water (a lot of ice water) or water guns or really big super soaker water-guns and are on the streets using them.
There are trucks filled with people driving around and around the “Old Town Square” with huge barrels of water. They dip smaller buckets into them and then soak anyone on the sidewalks or in neighboring vehicles. No one is safe except the very old, very young and the monks. The people along the sidewalks have set up water stations and as a truck goes by if they are low on water they hand the barrels to these people who fill them up by dipping buckets on ropes into the moat. The same guys they are dowsing are giving them the water to do it with. Everyone is having so much fun and is so happy it a great time to visit but, beware “You Will Get Wet”!
As far as the first few lines of the article yes they love to soak the tourists but, they love to soak everyone. I think they may even love throwing water on themselves. We are older than most and have run the gauntlet. From a few squirts to people walking up with a large bucket and gently scooping a few drops on us or even buckets of ice water. We go out dry and come back wet but we are really having fun and no we are not taken advantage of, quite the opposite we feel as though we are taken in as part of their celebration and it is more of an honor than a penance.
Take a little bit of a hint from the “Land of Smiles” and dedicate yourself to a happier life.
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Wow this looks like so much fun! It’s fantastic to be in a place and celebrate the local customs.! I remember when a trip of mine to a little island in Maldives coincided with Eid celebrations, we had such an insight into their culture! This grown up water fight is something I’d definitely want to bring back to England with me 😀
This looks like a blast, I’ve never been to Thailand but now after reading your post I definitely have to go asap! The festival looks amazing!
Whoa! This sounds like a lot of fun! Had never heard of this before! Would love love love to be a part of a fun activity like this!!
What a beautiful cleansing ritual, pretty fun and cool. I have been to Thailand but had never heard of it. Looks like you had a ton of fun, nice pictures.
I was living in Thailand and Koh Samui but I havent been to my first Songkran yet!! Can’t wait for that! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun there. Enjoy your travel year 2016 🙂
This looks so fun! I’ll admit, I’ve always wanted to go to Thailand for the infamous Full Moon party but this looks awesome!
My kids would absolutely LOVE this festival! How much fun is this! Looks like you had an amazing time!
I’ve always wanted to experience this, it’s for sure on my bucket list! I can’t believe that everyone gets so wet though! And the moat seems a little yuck, but worth it 🙂 How fun!
Looks like a fun celebration! It’s great when you’re traveling and you happen upon a local custom like this and get to take part of it!
I have seen so much about travelling to Thailand for Songkran! You have seal the deal for me to travel there next year to participate in it! I would love to have the water war!
This looks like tons of fun. Well, if you don’t count ice water soaking you 🙂 Still, from your photos, everyone was smiling and having fun, so I’d say this is one experience to add to my to-do list for Thailand. The more I read about this country, the more I want to go.
I can’t believe I skipped this part of Thailand! I knew Bali has some kind of water and colour festivals, but didn’t catch one while there. Anyways, the photos show some real fun. Thinking on booking Thailand for November this year! Any tips on that period? 🙂
November is the biggest festival of the year in Chiang Mai. Look up Ye Peng pictures in google images. Very cool and thanks for the comment.
So much fun! Several of the Instagram accounts that I follow posted photos of all the water play-fights, but non mentioned the trucks from your post! Sounds like a crazy, wet event! Thanks for filling in the details.
Oh my, first time I hear about this celebration, and I love parties! So here a good reason to celebrate and it just seems amazing since it includes elephants! Come on, we can’t never SAY NO to elephants! x
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This sounds like so much fun! I had never heard of this and appreciate everything I learn from reading posts such as yours. Wishing you lots of fun 🙂
Songkran is so much fun! What a way to celebrate your birthday. We felt very included too – it’s a very unifying experience to participate in this amazing festival with locals and people from around the world!
Thank you for the nice reiply Evanne.
Everyone looks like they’re having a great time! You’ve captured some nice action shots where the children are in the midst of squirting a heap of water at each other! What a fun and different way to enjoy the Lunar New Year that is not usually written about. Lovely post.
Thank you Suanlee
Oh my gosh! It is the first time I heard about a celebration cleansing where they use water guns! I so wanna do this. Thanks for sharing this great story and this must have been one of the best birthday celebration for you as well l, isn’t it? New point on my bucket list is to celebrate songkran! ( I will prepare myself with a huge water gun 😀