Elephant SongKran

The Thais will tell you that the annual Songkran festival (April 8 to 20,normally April 13-15) is all about thanksgiving and family reunions — and so it is. But the best part of it is the license to douse passersby with water.
This practice is apparently a rite of purification, but given that temperatures in Bangkok at this time of year can easily reach 35 degree C or above (if above,the festival will be more funnnnnnn), it's also a brilliantly timed excuse to cool off. If you happen to be in the ThaiSongkran Festival. Elephants spray water on funniest people on the pick-up car during a festival to mark Songkran, or Thai New Year, which falls on 13 April.

Some Japanese Idol came to Phuket , KATA , KARON beach and had took some photo with the beach taxi at the Phuket.

Kiguchi Aya 木口亜矢 is a popular 21 year old gravure idol, race queen, singer and actress.She is currently one of the “4Tunes” Super GT Race promoters with Kikichi Asami, Marui Sayaka and Enemi Sachi. She has also been in some TV commercials, DVD’s and photobooks.

Tomato Splash-SongKran

La Tomatina, that funny-crazy festival that is the ultimate in mucky food splash-fights – biggest in the world – happened in the tiny, otherwise unexciting town of Bunyol, near Valencia in Spain.
Swimming in tomato-tomatina pool. Visit tomatino legend web

Food Splash-Fight Festivals

Annual tomato splash-fight in Colombia
Annual tomatina splash-fight in Colombia

Water-chocolate Splash

Somewhere in Italy at her home,kitty girl take the Songkran Festival(Water Splash)everyday if she feel hot.

And some spa at some where in Japan has chocolate splash.

The kids in SongKran

The kids on the back of this pick-up truck look like they are having some fun.

Nang Songkran

The first float to pass us was for Nang Songkran (Miss Songkran). You can tell the exact time and date for the start of songkran by which animal she is upon. This year is was a tiger.

BUT 2008 is rat

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Songkran BCL

Of all the feasts and festivals in Thailand, which are many, the Songkran Festival is the most striking, for it is widely observed not only in this country but also in Burma, Cambodia and the Lao State.
Songkran is a Sanskrit word in Thai form which means the entry of the sun into any sign of the Zodiac. But the Songkran in this particular instance is when the sun enters the sign of Aries or the Ram. Its full name is Maha Songkran or Major Songkran to distinguish it from the other ones. But the people call it simply the Songkran for it is the only one they know and in which they take interest. It is their traditional New Year when they can enjoy their holidays to the full with no economic hindrance. Songkran is a fixable feast on the solar calender. It begins on the 13th April and ends on the 15th April, but occasionally in certain years on the 16th April. The Songkran is in fact the celebration of the vernal equinox similar to those of the Indian Holi Festival, the Chinese Ching Ming, and the Christian Festival of Easter. The beginning of spring when the sun crosses the equator is now on the 21st of March which is due to the precession of the equinox. The Songkran Festival is in a certain sense like April Fool's Day, when the maids of the village play pranks on any gallant who happens to pass by their way. He will be caught and bound by the united strength of the maids and they will daub him with blacking.
Information from: "Essays on Cultural Thailand" by Office of the National Culture Commission.

Adding Deffinition

The values for community is to provide the opportunity to create unity in the community such as to jointly acquire merits, to meet each other and to enjoy the entertaining events. And for the society value is to create concern upon environment with cooperation such as to clean houses, temples, public places and official buildings. Thais value the religion bye means of merits acquisition, offerings alms to monks, Dhamma Practice, listening to sermon and monks-bathing.
In the afternoon, after performing a bathing rite for Buddha images and the monks, the celebrants both young and old, joyfully splash water oon each other. The most-talked about celebration takes place in the northern province of Chiang Mai where Songkran is celebrated from April 13 to 15. During this period, people from all parts of the country flock there to enjoy the water festival, to watch the Miss Songkran Contest and the beautiful parades.

English Definition

Songkran is a Thai traditional New Year which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3 days. Songkran festival on April 13 is Maha Songkran Day or the day to mark the end of the old year, April 14 is Wan Nao which is the day after and April 15 is Wan Thaloeng Sok which the New Year begins. At this time, people from the rural areas who are working in the city usually return home to celebrate the festival. Thus, when the time come, Bangkok temporarily turns into a deserted city.
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.
The Songkran tradition is recognized as a valuable custom for the Thai community, society and religions. The value for family is to provide the opportunity for family members to gather in order to express their respects to the elders by pouring scented water onto the hands of their parents and grandparents and to present them gifts including making merits to dedicate the result to their ancestors. The elders in return wish the youngsters good luck and prosperity.

Definition

Songkran (in Thai: วันสงกรานต์, Wan Songkran) ist das traditionelle Neujahrsfest nach dem Mondkalender in Thailand und Laos. Es ist heute datiert auf den 13. bis 15. April. Früher hatte es kein festes Datum und fand ursprünglich zur Frühlingstagundnachtgleiche statt, ist dann aber wegen Vernachlässigung der Präzession zum heutigen Termin gewandert.
Das Wort „Songkran“ stammt aus dem Sanskrit und bezeichnet den Übergang der Sonne von einem Tierkreiszeichen in das nächste.