[4K 60fps] DRIVING TOUR AROUND CHIANG MAI DURING SONGKRAN 2024

Celebrate Thai New Year 2024 in Chiang Mai: Songkran for Beginners
Water Festival 2024 in Chiang Mai
Every April, Thailand celebrates its new year with a giant splash. Better known as Songkran or the water festival, the festivities include several days of celebrations that include a lot of water-fighting during some of the hottest days of the year. Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand is THE place to celebrate Songkran. Read on and get the most out of your Songkran experience.

What is Songkran?
As said, Songkran is the Thai New Year. As in many other cultures, it marks the passage of time and symbolizes change and transformation. There are many traditions surrounding Songkran, too many to name here. But in general, across Thailand, Thai people celebrate this holiday by paying their respects to their elders by visiting them and by visiting the monks at the temple by bringing food and praying ('giving merit') and by symbolically washing statues of Buddha and each other with water. At the temples, this includes monks gently sprinkling some water (sometimes with white or brightly colored chalk) from a bowl to bless those who give merit.

Out in the streets, it's a whole different matter. Streets are closed off so that everyone can indulge in the huge water fights that Songkran is known for. But still, there are traditional elements even in this; it's good custom to thank someone after a good exchange of 'watery blessings' by giving them a smile, a small bow with the traditional folding of the hands, the Thai “Wai”.

When is Songkran?
In the whole of Thailand, Songkran is celebrated from the 13th to the 15th of April. In Chiang Mai, Thai kids and tourists start the first water fights already on the 12th, and the whole week, there are cultural celebrations going on. On the 13th, celebrations kick off in the morning and then keep going into the 14th and 15th of April. On the 15th, the party goes on deep into the night. This year, the festival is during the weekend, and the government announced the closure of all schools and government offices on the 12th as well. This probably means an extra day of water fighting. Yeah! For a full list of activities, please check the schedule below.

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