Ethnic holiday: Traditional New Year in Thailand - Songkran festival
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Arguably the world’s biggest water fight will take place this weekend/beginning of next week in Thailand to celebrate New Year. During three public holidays, April 13, 14 and 15 (although often celebrating the whole week) Thailand turns into a huge party with many traditional activities, such as visiting Buddhist temples, preparing food, cleaning home and buying new clothes. It is most known for slashing water on everyone around, which means washing all the bad away. Moreover, “giving” is very important on these days, therefore Thais cook for their families and monks, release fish and birds and give presents to elders. Although, Thailand is THE place to celebrate Songkran, there are many Thai people living across the globe which makes this event of a global interest, despite discussions about preventing the uniqueness of the festival exclusively in Thailand. Global interest in this ethnic holiday shows not only the fact that there are many Thai people living abroad, but also the Google trends prove that through years interest is increasing in different regions. http://www.joinville.se/ethnic-holiday-traditional-new-year-thailand-songkran-festival/
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