Revellers enjoy the Songkran festival at CentralWorld shopping centre on Thursday. (Post Today photo)People throughout the country, from Bangkok to the violence-prone southern region, the highlands of the North and rice fields of Isan, celebrated the traditional New Year on Thursday. They started the Songkran festival by making merit at temples, before delighting in water splashing later in the day. In Yala, at least 1,000 people travelled to famous Wat Kuhapimuk in Muang district, marking the start of Songkran in the southern province. Elephants at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal joined supplicants in offering food to 599 monks at Wat Phra Mongkhon Bopit in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district.

Source: Bangkok Post April 13, 2017 09:22 UTC