Songkran: Media

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Learn about Songkran, a New Year festival in Thailand that is celebrated in April.

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Thais revel in splashing water on one another to celebrate the New Year on Songkran.

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Detail of the Hindu god Brahma on his hamsa (goose or swan) after hiding...

Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meyer (1965.335), www.clevelandart.org.

Members of the Dai community in China's Yunnan province light lanterns for Poshui...

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