For the New Year’s celebration, Thai people often exchange gifts with friends and family members. It’s also common for them to pay a visit to their local temple so that they can make merit, participate in temple rites and otherwise ring in the coming year. Thai people celebrate the New Year for 3 days. It starts on April 12 and ends in April 15. Visiting local temples and offering food to the Buddhist monks is commonly practiced. On this specific occasion, performing water pouring on Buddha statues and the young and elderly is a traditional ritual, representing purification and the washing away of one’s sins and bad luck.Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival since the former time. It is a celebration that embraces goodwill, love, compassion. and thankfulness, using water as the means of expression. The word Songkran derives from Sanskrit meaning to move or step forward.Thailand’s Lunar New Year festivities often involve similar dishes to the Chinese celebration, as well as traditional Thai dishes. Families might feast on steamed duck or chicken, snack on rich, glutinous rice cakes, and eat mandarins for good fortune.
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