Songkran is a festival celebrated in April and symbolizes the Thai New Year, with the celebrations of the day also being ...

Activities during the Songkran also include processions, releasing of birds and fish into the river and listening to sermons. The very first day of the festival is known as Songkran Day and ...

Getty Images Songkran is a time of renewal and honouring ones elders for Thai people (Credit: Getty Images) During the three-day festival, scented water is often poured atop images of the Buddha ...

The cabinet has approved July 27 as a substitute holiday for Songkran it postponed earlier, creating another four-day holiday next month. Since July 28, which falls on Tuesday, is already a ...

(Photo courtesy Joe Sarrubbo) Saturday’s “Fun in the Sun” ($10 admission, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.) and Sunday’s Songkran Water Festival ($10 admission, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.) are all-day affairs, with ...

Thais are celebrating this year's Songkran festival ... Reuters On 15 April, the first day of Thai New Year, people gather at temples to offer food and new robes to the temple monks.