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Thailand water Festival
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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.
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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.
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.
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Thank you Thanapol Chadchaidee. (1994). Essays on Thailand. Bangkok :
Thaichareunkanpem.
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