A girl plays with water as she celebrates the Songkran holiday, which marks the Thai New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 12, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 4 of 5 ...

the traditional Thai New Year festival. During the weekend-long water festival, tourists and locals gather in the streets to take part in wide-ranging water fights. The splashing of water is a ...

also known as Thailand's New Year festival, are kicking off in various parts of south and southeast Asia to mark the beginning of the Buddhist solar calendar. Songkran is celebrated in various ways, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai New Year on Sunday, a festival that is marked with water as a symbol of ...

Thailand is gearing up for its flagship cultural event – the Grand ‘Maha’ Songkran World Water Festival 2025. This is the pinnacle of Thailand’s New Year celebrations and a centrepiece of ...