Songkran (the traditional Thai New Year)

Today, 13 April, is the traditional Thai New Year. In Thailand they enjoy water and souse water gustily over the others. In some places they move up the water festival. That's quite exciting.

This water festival is held out side the house. There is no possibility to be hit inside the house, however when going out to the street, everyone faces danger from the direct hit of water. Moreover sometimes the water is not clean, is doutful origin. So I think it is safe that the travellers from abroad do not join this festival.

Unfortunately I have no opportunity to join this water festival because during this period it is difficult to have a vacation for me every year. However in Japan there are some water festival for Thai people living in Japan.

In Tokyo area, almost every year some volunteers hold a water festival, but in these few years they couldn't hold the festival. Extra information, there is a water festival in Wat Pak Nam, in Narita city.

Let me introduce the pictures that were taken at the water festival in Tokyo 1998. Everyone include falang(white people) enjoyed the water festival.