This week was the biggest holiday of the year; Songkran, which is originally a Buddhist holiday meant for spiritual cleansing and a sort of "spring cleaning" for the traditional new year; has now become a huge excuse to take to the streets and enjoy cooling each other off. Everyone is fair game, (farang = bonus points), and regardless of if you're on foot, in the back of a truck or on a scooter just going to work; you're a target of this good-natured (albeit otherwise extremely rude) festival.
I went downtown on Thursday with some friends; here's some photos of what I saw during the 7 hours of water craziness:
Middle of the crowd of "Songkraners"
It's absolutely impossible to stay dry.
This holiday spans all social class separations; poor, rich, young, old, Thai, farang; everybody just enjoys a great deal of fun thoroughly drenching each other.
Location:Old City, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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