Hi everyone, Happy Songkran day! I am all soaked wet right now its so impossible to stay dry! Lets go enjoy Songkran!

When April comes, Thai people often think about the hot and humid month. But we also think about the fun part that comes with it. We celebrate the traditional Thai New Year or Songkran Day where families are gathered together on this occasion and visit temples. Also this is the time for people to get out in their colorful t-shirts, shorts or even dress up in their bathing suits and start splashing water at peoples on the street. It is believed that splashing water or what some call a Water Fight is a way of celebrating the new year and washing away sins as well as sweat, & tiredness and to begin new lives.
What happened on Soi Bangla lane every year and this year too during Songkran Day, was quite a stir. Phuket residents, tourists and visitors all anticipated the Songkran Festival so they set up water stations in front of their shops or bars and formed up teams to conquer other teams by splashing water using their hands, hoses, cans and water guns. Kids were running around with joy, and cheerful laughs and giggles were everywhere on Soi Bangla. Visitors from other provinces and many countries also flew in especially around this time and joined in the Songkran festival.

Special Thanks:
Andaman News NBT (VHF dial) + Radio Thailand FM90.5 at 8.30am & perhaps repeats on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 7pm & 1am, broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces & maybe Mazz Radio FM108 at 7pm in Phuket Thailand.

Website: http://thainews.prd.go.th/newsenglish/.

Source: Thailand National News Bureau