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April 13, 2007
Songkram (Katy)
Once in Chaing Mai it became clear why it had been so difficult to get here. Everyone wanted to be in Chaing Mai for the SongKram (New Year). SongKram is a big New Year festival that goes on for 3 days, although they do try to stretch it out for up to a week.
The main part of SongKram seems to be to throw water over anyone and everyone. People crowd along the side of the roads with buckets and water pistols and throw water over everyone going past. Other people sit in the back of pickup trucks with big barrels of water throwing it over the crowds. The weather is really hot so it's quite nice to get wet, apart from when people put ice in the water.
Of course we had to join in - it would be rude not to, so we purchased a bucket each and spent a good few hours throwing water over people
Posted by admins at April 13, 2007 4:14 AM