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Songkran - Wet and Wild - Bangkok

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April 15th 2008
SONGKRAN WATER FESTIVAL - HAPPY NEW YEAR "Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac. It is also known as the "Water Festival" as people believe that water will wash away bad luck." Songkran is also the Thai New Year. Songkran runs between April 13 and 15 and they also seemed to have a practice run o ... 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