Holiday Ideas in April: Songkran Water Festival, Thailand & Cambodia
The annual Songkran Water Festival is celebrated in both Thailand and Cambodia as it coincides with the New Year of both these countries. People carry containers of water or water pistols and drench each other. There is also traditional dance and music.
Songkran Water Festival, Thailand & Cambodia
These festivals celebrate the New Year. They are colourful and lively celebrations, with music, traditional dance and, of course, water, which symbolically cleanses the body from the sins of the previous year. Songkran Water Festivals are fun and vibrant events, not to be missed.
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