Don't be surprised if you walking down the street and somebody throw the water on you, just like that :-). You should accept the game and grab some water too. They are usually use the water guns, but somebody can use big basket and make you wet immediately :-). Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac. It is also known as the "Water Festival", as people believe that water will wash away bad luck.
Songkran is the Thai traditional New Year and begins in the morning with offering food to Buddhists monks and releasing caged birds to fly freely into the sky. The festival starts on April 13 and last usually 3 days. I said usually, because somewhere it last longer. The longest and the biggest celebration is in Pattaya and Chiang Mai.
I stayed in Bangkok before one year and I wanted to see how that look likes in the really big city. I went to Khaosan road (walking street, cheap area, very attractive for backpackers from all over the world) and Silom street (they close the street for traffic during Songkran) It is amazing. The street is incredibly crowded, you cant move so easily, eveeybody are wet and have some white color on their faces, because they also use some kind of white powder. They play music and dance all day. The foreigners enjoying Songkran Festival too. But the throwing of the water is throwing the water on the cars that they passing away and on the people too. Lot of them uses open tracks. One guy drive the track and few of them throwing the water on everybody around them.
I dont know about you, but I love Songkran Festival and I eel lie a child who wants to play games all they. You should try, maybe you will like it too :-).
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