Tag: Songkran
Songkran appreciation tempered with warnings
Perhaps no subject draws as vehement an opinion of Pattaya as the city’s Songkran celebration. Opinions of the week-long water fight generally depend on...
Songkran festival the magnet for Thai tourism
BANGKOK, Apr 1 – Domestic tourism will return to life this month as Thai and foreign tourists celebrate the water-splashing Songkran festival nationwide. ...
Thailand gears up for traditional Thai New Year (Songkran) fun
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is joining Thai people nationwide in marking the most important celebration of the Thai lunar calendar, the New...
PILC Banglamung Home for the Elderly
During the Songkran Celebrations in April this year I met a group of people from the Banglamung Home for the Elderly who were visiting...
Songkran respects paid to the elderly
Minister of Culture Sonthaya Kunplome presided over the ‘Day for the elderly’ celebrations in celebration of Songkran, the Thai New Year held at...
Songkran at Garden
Garden International School (GIS) celebrated Songkran with a flurry of activities and traditional Thai games. The whole school took part in the celebrations,...
Sattahip offers alms to 100 monks for Songkran
Sattahip officials and residents offered alms to 100 monks as part of the region’s official Songkran commemoration. District chief Phawat Lertmikda, Mayor Narong...
Central Festival throws Songkran party
Central Festival Pattaya Beach got into the Songkran spirit, hosting a musical foam party for soggy New Year’s revelers. Pattaya City Councilman Rattanachai...
Songkran comes to quiet close in Naklua, Nong Yai with Kong...
Area residents bid farewell to the year’s Songkran festivities with traditional rice festivals and “Kong Khao” ceremonies in Naklua and Nong Yai. Mayor Itthiphol...
Songkran comes to a watery end
The “fun” lasted over a week, beginning in many places around Pattaya on April 12 and coming to a watery end on the 19th....
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