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Inside a plastic bag for Songkran: Images from a long walk through Bangkok

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April 17th 2011
If you have never been to the Thai water festival called Songkran, celebrating their New Year, you might not realize how important plastic is. Paper and cloth will not do. Only plastic!! It is quite difficult to stay dry for the three day holiday unless you plan on locking yourself inside during its entirety. Having played (yes 'played' as they like to say) in many Songkran festivals during ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more