Songkran Festival (Thai New Year) in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thais celebrate Songkran festival nation wide

Thais have braved surging COVID-19 infections to celebrate the annual Songkran festival, the traditional Thai New Year, in a joyful yet subdued manner and without the normal excited water splashing and powder smearing.

In the north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, the province’s chief monk led a group of 60 senior monks on a boat trip, the first such in the province, to receive alms from members of the public, who lined both banks of the Lam Takhong Canal.

Full story: thaipbsworld.com

By Thai PBS World

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