Saturday, December 19, 2009

songkran New Year

The Thai New Year is celebrated every year from April 13 to April 15.

Way to Celebrate Songkran :
Throwing of water to each other.
People roaming the streets.
Respects to elders
Go to a wat to pray
Give food to monks

It is believed that it will bring good luck for the New Year.
Songkran falls on the hottest time of the year in Thailand. It comes from Sanskrit and means 'a move or change'.

A game called Saba is played by the
people on this occasion. In this game people build pyramids of sand call
ed chedis on the riverbanks and put on a colored flag on it.

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