[iNYZgxNC]

Songkran is starting earlier this year with the PM last night declaring that Friday is also a holiday. So we now have a six day holiday. These are my first two pictures taken of Songkran 2009. I took them this morning. My school was doing a Songkran party for the children.



Please post your Songkran pictures from this year on this thread. You can add them as attachments by clicking on "go advanced" in the reply box below.

Happy Songkran!

[slimsex]

Very nice

[Les Allen]

Its already Songkran again? Time is moving just too fast for me. I am going to write a book - "Loving in the time when there is none".

Sorry, but the memories of Songkran make me miss Thailand a bit too much.

[AntonayPina]

we also had a party at school. look at that gun - it literally made me cry with laughter when I first saw it in the morning!

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happy new year!

[Les Allen]

Did you scold the kids? They seem to be getting ready to explain... LoLz.

[AntonayPina]

it's more like not all colleagues had done a good job at explaining why not aim for the eyes.
I was one of two teachers, out of 20 or 30 present, who got wet and enjoyed it. I don't know why the others didn't want to join this year. imagine having a hundred or so kids (aged 3 to 12) running after me

[iNYZgxNC]

This is the second day of the Songkran holidays. These are two pictures that I took this morning at a special bathing ceremony. In the pictures are Kwanchai Wongnitikorn, the Governor of Samut Prakan Province. Most people think of waterfights when you say Songkran. But really, it is more to do with pouring rose scented water over Buddha images and the hands of your elders. I will post more pictures of this event that I went to today over at www.thai-blogs.com soon. They will then be archived at www.paknam.com.



There are a lot of events going on every day now and it is hard to go to them all. Sometimes it is a bit hit and miss as you don't always know whether the event is really worth it until you go. Over the next few days I should have more pictures of blessing of Buddha images and elders, merit making at the temple, sand pagoda building, Songkran parade, releasing of fish and birds, Miss Songkran Beauty Contest and of course the water fights. Stay tuned for more pictures. And please post some of your own!

[LOVEBoy]

Elephants arrive at the wat in Sida, Nakorn Ratchasima, with people dancing in front of them.

[iNYZgxNC]

Wyndham Hollis, a reader from our blogs, sent us these two pictures that he took in Chiang Mai. You can see more of his wonderful pictures here:

http://wyndhamhollis.smugmug.com/gal...09342530_PjQf9



If you have any Songkran pictures then post them here with a link to see more if you have any. I have been posting my Songkran pictures in the Samut Prakan Forums.