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Bookmark or Share- Songkran 2024: Celebrating Thailand’s annual New Year festival | CNNThailand’s Songkran festival, famous for the massive nationwide water fights, offers the perfect mix of tradition and fun. Here’s what visitors can expect in 2024.
- Songkran in Thailand, traditional Thai New Year festivalInscribed in 2023 ( 18.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In Thailand, Songkran refers to the sun’s annual passing into the Aries constellation, the first sign of the Zodiac, which marks the traditional start of the new year.
- Songkran 2024: What to Expect for Thai New Year (Water Festival)Songkran (Thai name：เทศกาลสงกรานต์), the Thai New Year, is the most important festival in Thailand. With celebrations lasting up to a week, Thai New Year marks the end of the dry season with religious ceremonies and water fights, which are a trademark of the festival. Water Fight on Songkran.
- How and where to celebrate Songkran in Thailand - Lonely PlanetWhat is Songkran? Songkran is a celebration of the Lunar New Year, the beginning of the Thai calendar, with the festivities officially spanning five days in mid- to late-April (this year’s celebrations take place from April 13 to April 17).
- What is Songkran? Thailand's Water Festival, ExplainedThailand’s Water Festival, Explained. March 20, 2024. Thailand’s Songkran Festival isn’t just any celebration; it’s a cultural phenomenon, a nationwide water fight where people flood the streets and party over the span of three days (or more). Tourists flock to Thailand every year in April to celebrate Songkran–one of the wildest ...
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