Today we visited the enchanting event – all of Thailand, including Phuket, including, began to celebrate the Thai New Year, whose name Songkran (Songkran). In translation, this means “transition”, and thus marks the transition to the new year by ancient indian astrological calendar and the change of the current hot season for the upcoming rainy season. That is why it is customary to pour water on everyone this day, it is like a call for abundant rain later in order to have a good rice harvest. But how is it all happens!
We did not have time to go out of our gates, as we were already met neighbors
Neighbors are going to fight called Songkran
Songkran – Thai New Year
Songkran – Thai New Year
What is going on here, the words just can not convey! Universal insanity, but from a good point of view! Sorry to shoot it Madness is very difficult, so sorry for the quality of the photo, I had to wrap the camera with food film and in every possible way save him from water.
Our weapon in the battles of Songkran
You can try to shoot and so too
Thais and farangs, like small children, are watered with squeals and laughter each other with water, some of which can, and coated with talcum powder! Along roads at Rawai Beach in Phuket, for example, put huge barrels with water, around them is going to cheerful Kompashka, which dancing and shouting desperately watered from buckets, buckets and water pistols of all passing, for which there are always abundantly Thanked a good portion of water in response.
Songkran – Thai New Year
Songkran – Thai New Year
Songkran – Thai New Year
Pedestrians get no less
On the roads drive pickups with large tanks in the back, from where numerous wet and happy passengers draw water and water all on their way. Often paint is added to this water, what is most unexpected when they water you – ice! When you repeatedly doused with just warm water, suddenly get a portion ice bucket – to put it mildly, an unexpected positive shock! But due to the intense heat and increased mobility on this day, not you have time to freeze or feel that you have been with you all day water flows in streams.
Very warlike girl approaches her task very Seriously
Songkran – Thai New Year
Caught off guard
Pickup Attack
Sometimes watered with colored water.
Many put ice in barrels so that the water was colder and supportive
And some put in barrels of children.
A smart fighter: everything you need is under him!
It’s funny that earlier this tradition was a bit different, along the streets just walked with a bowl and modestly squirted a little bit on each a passerby Everything progresses and develops, as shown practice.
It is believed that all these waterways purify the soul and give Darn luck for the whole next year!
Many Thais have chosen a different strategy and are covering the face of all oncoming fragrant talcum, from which then on the cheeks felt easy chill At the same time, these daubs themselves hardly in this talc, from head to waist. This custom also has explanation – talc (and earlier it was white clay) is used as hygiene product, and ritual obmazyvanie and talcum powder – it is the cleansing and repelling of all kinds of dirt.
Smear talcum powder almost at full speed
Here they are the same dauber with talc!
Pink Talc machine
This car will definitely be clean and happy next year.
And the sweetest fun in all this is that when you pour water on you by the collar or talcum powder, Thais are so sincere smile and often apologize or wish Happy Songkran!
So, gently and saying, Happy Songkran, smeared cheeks talc
No one will pass unnoticed and uninhabited
In the celebration of the active participation of taking slightly or not tipsy farangs, slaughter while dancing to the music. Their main the difference is that the water they pour is not as careful as the Thais, but beating her face straight that they don’t always like passing by bikers – it’s so easy to lose control.
Faranghi perceive Songkran as their holiday
Songkran – Thai New Year
It is very difficult not to lose control when you are beating ice by water
Or here such a tub of cold water invigorates and disorients.
If tired of being wet all the time
In general, this is a dangerous act. We saw one victim Thai, who, apparently, after the next portion of water did not cope with running and crashed into a car. Thank God, alive, but he suffered Seriously.
Oleg and I made it easier, next to each of these items douche, we stopped and with our mutual and their joy allowed to pour over all the cooked water and cheeks for talc, and then with peace of mind drove to the next item receiving water treatments.
As soon as he stopped, they immediately flew
Do not drive past, girls!
And now we know that water guns are bullshit! Thin trickles are not terrible! And the cool one who has a bucket! 
In general, they were surprised to notice that not all Thais are happy, and there are individuals who travel with sour or even dissatisfied persons, which is amazing. But there are not so many.
Dissatisfied Thais are rare
Sometimes, this discontent is understandable.
Thai New Year is celebrated not 10 days, like ours, but only three (from April 12), and the new year itself comes April 15, and watering usually last from April 13 to 15, but in some places they may continue until April 17th or even April 19th. This, by the way, you need to have in mind, when you, not suspecting anything, leave the house with unprotected documents or wallet.
We returned home only in the evening, wet, smeared with talcum powder and Received a lethal dose of positive! That’s what I understand – a holiday! Happy New Year everyone! Sawat di Songkran! ??????????????!
Songkran – Thai New Year
Replenishment – and he doused him with this
Dancing in the back of a pickup truck
Songkran – Thai New Year
Wet streets, wet people, wet New Year
Ladyboy celebrates to the fullest!
Poor waiters maneuver between water shots
Tired after a hectic celebration
Sawasdee Songkran! Sawasdee Pi mai!
Drunken Thais climb cuddle and confess their love!
P.S. An article from Phuket Songkran 2011 Since that time little has changed.
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