Mood in the Songkran festival in Lampang, yesterday.
The Songkran festival (Thai: สงกรานต์, pronounced [sǒŋ.krāːn], listen) the Thai New Year’s festival. Thai New Year’ Day is 13 April every year, but the holiday period includes 14-15 April as well. The word “songkran” comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti (Devanāgarī: संक्रांति),[1] literally “astrological passage”, meaning transformation or change. The term was borrowed from Makar Sankranti,[2] the name of a Hindu harvest festival celebrated in India in January to mark the arrival of spring. It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart,[3] the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festive occasion is in keeping with the Buddhist/Hindu solar calendar.
The Songkran festival (Thai: สงกรานต์, pronounced [sǒŋ.krāːn], listen) the Thai New Year’s festival. Thai New Year’ Day is 13 April every year, but the holiday period includes 14-15 April as well. The word “songkran” comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti (Devanāgarī: संक्रांति),[1] literally “astrological passage”, meaning transformation or change. The term was borrowed from Makar Sankranti,[2] the name of a Hindu harvest festival celebrated in India in January to mark the arrival of spring. It coincides with the rising of Aries on the astrological chart,[3] the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia. The festive occasion is in keeping with the Buddhist/Hindu solar calendar.
via 500px http://bit.ly/1RYpY2E
My Weblog 