Food, water-fights, and dancing--there's so much adventure to explore at Songkran Thai New Year for travelers to the Dallas Thai Temple! Experience it with Chef Nikky--and learn the insider secrets like which food booths are best, what time to visit, and cultural customs to make you a Thai Temple pro!
The Thai new year festival in Thailand kicks off on April 13 and usually lasts three days, though festivities last up to two weeks where the whole country shuts down for the largest water fight in the world. The holiday’s main focus is about moving forward-in fact, the word Songkran comes from a phrase in the Sanskrit language that means “passage of the sun.”
Water plays a major role in the festival. Symbolically, it washes away the previous year so people can get ready for the new year blessings.
Many families wake up early during Songkran and visit Buddhist temples, where they bring offerings such as food and listen to monks as they preach. (Buddhism is a religion practiced mostly in eastern and central Asia.) Visitors sprinkle clean or scented water over statues of Buddha-the person believed to have started Buddhism-to represent purification and good fortune. Younger people also pour water on the hands of elderly relatives and friends to show their respect and ask for blessings in the coming year.
Honoring family traditions and religious practices are important parts of Songkran, but so is having some fun. Outside, Songkran is celebrated with street parties featuring loud music and a giant friendly water fight.
People collect water in buckets, squirt guns, and anything else they can find, then hit the streets to playfully splash each other. It’s a good thing April is one of the hottest months of the year in Thailand!
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