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The Songkran Festival is the most famous in Thailand, and inspired the names of both Songkran Thai Kitchen in Uptown Park and Songkran Thai Grill in Sugar Land Town Square. This important event on the ...

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Every April, Bangkok transforms into the world’s biggest water battlefield,and this year, I jumped right into the chaos.

The three-day Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. During festivities, people spray water and put powder on each ...

For three days every April, Thailand becomes a giant splash zone. Songkran is celebrated from the 13th to 15th and blends spiritual rituals with joyful chaos, honouring New Year traditions while ...

Hordes of revelers toted colorful water guns Thursday as Thailand kicked off its exuberant three-day Songkran festival at full blast for the first time since 2019, hoping for a significant boost in ...

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The Thai Cultural Council of Minnesota is hosting an event this weekend to celebrate Thai and Southeast Asian cultures. On Saturday morning, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Leah McClean sat down with Farah ...

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran, as the festival welcoming in the new year ...

Thailand and Southeast Asia celebrate their New Year this week. In Thailand, the holiday is called Songkran, which features the biggest water fight in the world that lasts-officially for three days.