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UNESCO-listed celebration to anchor Thailand's Grand Tourism and Sports Year; position the Kingdom among the top 10 global festival destinations BANGKOK, April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tourism ...

“Why is everyone carrying those guns?” This seemingly valid question was asked during an episode of season three of “The White Lotus” by Kate (Leslie Bibb), one of three women in Thailand on a girls’ ...

The annual Songkran Festival brought Angelenos from all walks of life to the streets of Thai Town Sunday as the community gathered for their traditional colorful New Year celebration. With the arrival ...

Thailand is in the middle of its Songkran celebrations, marking the country’s traditional New Year, which have millions participating in the world’s biggest water fight. Thai officials and business ...

The festival begins with the Song Nam Phra ritual, a traditional start to the new year. Attendees can pour scented water over a Buddha, symbolising purification and renewal, washing away bad luck and ...

BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A Thai government committee plans to hold Songkran Festival celebrations during the entire month of April 2024, instead of the traditional three days, in a bid to ...

BANGKOK, Thailand, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The fun vibe of the Thai Songkran Festival has begun, where massive of people around the world came out to celebrate and enjoy water splashing for the ...

The Songkran Festival is the most famous in Thailand, and inspired the names of both Songkran Thai Kitchen in Uptown Park and Songkran Thai Grill in Sugar Land Town Square. This important event on the ...

Songkran Thai in Uptown Park is named after the Thai festival that celebrates the new year in Thailand and other countries that go by the Buddhist calendar. I was so impressed at the bites of spicy ...