Western tourists love super-welcoming Thailand, the jewel of Buddhist Southeast Asia. |
What's a Spring Festival without some innocent water splashing? Have fun Thai style. |
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Songkran New Year Festival
The Buddha, Sukhothai, Thailand |
The Thai New Year coincides with the arrival of spring -- as in most parts of the world for most of history, including the West -- and Songkran celebrates goodwill, love, compassion, and thankfulness.
Why is it called "Songkran"?
Songkran 2019 (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty) |
Thai Town, Hollywood, Los Angeles
Remember to throw lots of water at people. It won't be Songkran unless it's very wet. |
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The Thai festivities celebrated at Los Angeles' Wat Thai included a water blessing at the Buddha statue by Buddhist monks and nuns, as well as chanting, building sand pagodas and castles, classical Thai music, prayers, dance, arts and crafts -- and, of course, Thai food. It was earlier this month at the large Thai Buddhist temple in North Hollywood. Sunday's celebration in Hollywood's Thai Town will be much, much bigger. It will be a mile long:Please come. - Sunday, April 28, 8:00 AM-8:00 PM
- Hollywood Blvd. between Normandie
- and Western Ave., in East Hollywood
A one-mile stretch of L.A.'s Thai Town will be closed off to traffic for the 14th Annual Songkran Festival. The day features a parade starting at 10:00 am, Muay Thai boxing, a beauty pageant, folk dancing, live jazz, and cultural demonstrations. Lots of Thai foods will be available from local restaurants and food trucks. More
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