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When summer season (March- May) starts coming in Thailand, one special thing that all Thai people are looking forward to is Songkran day (or Thai New Year

). This is a grand festival of Thailand which is celebrated on 13 – 15 April every year. Songkran is the heritable tradition which represents gratitude, respect as well as relationship of family and society. On the first day morning (April 13^th), people go to temple with their family. They go to pray, give food to monks, clean Buddha images by watering and decorating some Thai jasmine flower. Because we believe that this will bring good lick and prosperity to us and household for the New Year. Besides, people like to carry handfuls of sand to the temple which represents the dirt that they carry away on their feet during the rest of the year. This sand is then piled as pagoda and decorated with colourful flags on top. Later in the day people like to do community activities or stay with their big family to keep long relationship each other and cheerfulness for their rest of life. In some of Thailand, such as Chiang Mai Local Council provides Buddha images to be paraded on the main street of city, This encourage people, particularly teenagers and foreigners who don’t go to temple in the morning can water them and pray as well. On the next day (April 14^th) it called “Grand Songkran day”, this day people like to go out to throw the water by Thai water bowls or splashed guns to passed by persons. However, this will do with respect and heartiness each other. And it becomes a fascination of festival and can encourage foreigners enjoy the festival as well. On the last day (15^th) it’s a time for cleaning and renewal, many Thais take this opportunity to give their home a thorough cleaning for New Year, and some of teenagers still enjoy watering as well. Songkran festival is not only Thai tradition or watering festival, but it’s valuable benefit which you will get from participation. Why don’t to book a trip Songkran festival in Thailand, then you will realise and definitely admire it.

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