Festivals are like windows that offer clear insights into different aspects of a society – be it its culture, its people, its rituals or its celebratory spirit! Songkran, a major festival in Thailand, is the same window that offers glimpses of a culture that is perhaps the colourful of the most!
The festival of Songkran is celebrated in mid-April and is a one big excuse for many a traveller to pack their bags, book flights to Thailand and land up in this magnificent country to experience something that is unique, fun and incredible! Does it surprise you that demand for holidays to Thailand see a sudden surge during the period or the number of Britons seeking holidays to Pattaya and Bangkok goes up meteorically around the festival time? Well, if it surprises you, it just shouldn’t!
Songkran is perhaps the biggest festival that is celebrated by the Thais and one can well imagine the gusto and fervour with which the nation of party people celebrates the event. Songkran is the New Year for the Thais who believe that the festival is harbinger of better luck and good fortune. Thais clean their homes on the eve of the festival to make a fresh beginning and usher in the New Year with a renewed spirit. Water throwing on each other is the most popular aspect of the festival that beguiles tourists to seek flights tickets to Pattaya or Bangkok.
Songkran is surely a tourist pleaser but the significance of the festival is much deeper and spiritual for the locals.
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