Songkran Water Festival
The national holiday of Thailand is known as Songkran[1]: or Thai New Year, pronounced also known as Songkran Every year on April 13, Songkran takes place, however the festivities stretch from April 14 to April 15. In order to allow people to return home for the holiday, the Thai cabinet decided to extend the festival nationally in 2018 to seven days, from April 9–16. Since April 13 fell on a Saturday in 2019, the holiday was observed from April 9 to April 16.[4] The Sanskrit term saṃkrānti, which literally translates as "astrological passage" and denotes metamorphosis or change, is where the word "Songkran" originates. It aligns with the astrological sign of Aries rising and many Southeast and South Asian calendars' New Year, in accord with.
