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Get Soaked in Songkran

Visitors to Bangkok in April can expect a splashing good time at Songkran, an historic Thai festival that pretty much boils down to a massive New Year's waterfight.

Taking place over three days in April the festival includes all manner of fun and festivities, with parades, costumes, beauty pageants and more kicking off in vibrant Thai style. The action literally spills onto the streets, due to regular dousings of water targeting anyone and everyone. You have been warned.

Armed with water ballons, water guns and buckets revelers go crazy with the wet stuff, ensuring that all visitors to Songkran have a swimmingly good time.

Anyone interested in Thai culture will not want to miss one of the most prominent events on the Thai calendar, marking the onset of the traditional Thai new year. Festivities weave a route throughout Bangkok where locals and tourists alike can mingle and get into the spirit of the occasion.

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Updated: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00

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