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These days, people in Thailand are joyfully celebrating the Buddhist New Year with lively water-throwing displays.
They even jumped into the water barrel to shoot each other.
The festive atmosphere of Songkran begins to liven up from April 12th. During this time, people temporarily forget their daily worries and hardships to take to the streets and celebrate the new year.
In Bangkok, the Khaosan area (Western Quarter) is the most bustling, with tens of thousands of people flocking there. People use water guns, buckets, and even hoses to spray each other, believing it will wash away the misfortunes of the old year and welcome the new year with overflowing happiness.
On many streets in both Bangkok and Pattaya, large groups of young people and foreign tourists prepare large buckets of water and water guns or hoses, ready to spray passersby with the hope of wishing them good luck.
The festival officially began on the afternoon of April 13th and lasted until April 16th. Tens of thousands of people flocked to Khaosan Road to celebrate the New Year and splash water on each other for good luck.
A foreign tourist is using a water gun to spray passersby.
Everyone gets soaked when they go out these days.
Water was splashed from vehicles during the parade that opened the festival.
The hot weather at 34 degrees Celsius also provides ideal conditions for playing in the water.
A playful interaction between foreigners and locals in the water.
Thai boys and girls had a chance to frolic to their heart's content.
In Pattaya city, Chon Buri province, a motorcyclist was doused with a bucket of water from head to toe.
Passengers riding in passing tuk-tuks couldn't escape either.
Spraying soap foam enhances the appeal of the festival.
Dress up to splash water.
Besides water, the girls also have powder smeared on their faces, a custom to bring good luck at the beginning of the year during the Songkran water festival.
