Songkran is a festive, water-filled New Year festival observed in Thailand. It is a cultural holiday closely associated with Buddhism in Thailand and involves offerings, merit-making, and reverence expressed through Theravada Buddhist and local customs. It is also a time for families to come together. Especially in modern times, it has become a holiday filled with revelry in the streets as celebrants splash water on each other. Variants of this festive New Year holiday, with different names, are celebrated in neighboring Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and parts of India and China.
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