Songkran Festival | Thai New Year Water Festival | Traditional Celebration

Let us regale you with tales of the Songkran Festival - it's roughly Thailand's biggest annual party! Picture their New Year's celebration, but rather than sitting around and watching fireworks, you're soaked in the world's biggest water fight.

Songkran festival date is always 13-15 April, but believe us, the celebration begins early and ends late. For Songkran Festival 2025, we wish for Bangkok streets to be pure pandemonium - of the good kind!

We've had individuals drenched in less than five minutes of being outside. Kids with water guns, trucks loaded with ice water, little old ladies who look harmless until they dump a bucket on your head - nobody is safe!

But it's not all about getting wet. People come in families, they go to temples, and

there's this lovely tradition where young people pour perfume water over older people's hands as a sign of respect.

If you are going to Thailand for the Songkran Festival, wear clothing that you do not mind getting soaked and prepare for the thrill of a lifetime!

History and importance of Songkran Festival

The Songkran Festival is very deeply rooted in religion and culture. It was derived from the Sanskrit term "Sankranti," literally meaning "astrological passage," and referring to the sun's passage into Aries. This passage was traditionally celebrated as the start of the new year in Thailand.

Before the modern-day celebration, Songkran Festival traditions were rooted in Buddhist rituals and reunions. Thai people adhere to the idea of water purification of the body and spirit, removing ill luck and hardships.

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