Thai New Year

Songkran Day or Thailand New Year is one of the biggest events in Thailand each year. Thailand must be the only country in the world that actively celebrates 3 different New Years each year! There is the New Year on the 31st of December, then there is the Chinese Lunar New Year that takes normally place in February and there is the Thai New Year itself which is in April each year.
There is nothing that compares to the Thailand New Year. Imagine parades, shows, music, lots of people having fun and the biggest water fight in the world! Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac.
There are 2 main parts of the Thailand New Year water plays: Water of course and white powder that people will put in your face.
On the streets, many stalls will be selling water guns of all sizes for 100-about 800 Baht for the biggest ones. Now all you need is some water which you can also buy on many places on the street. Normally, shop keepers will have big barrels of water standing on the streets that are constantly refilled with water. You can pay a small fee and are then able to use the water non-stop. It is a lot of fun. Just beware of the ice water that some are using! Songkran is a traditional festival and before it comes people concern upon environment with cooperation such as to clean houses, public places, temples and official buildings.
Songkran is a time when workers in Bangkok from outside of town, head back home in droves. All forms of transport are booked months in advance and if you don't have a reservation, forget it, you are going nowhere. It is actually a nice time of the year to be in Bangkok, for the Songkran period it is relatively deserted.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand organizes the walking streets in front of Central World Plaza, one of the big Thailand property, all the way through Silom Road and up to Siam Square where another event will be held the platform at Sanam Luang near the Grand Palace.
There are some extra activities will be held to make it more enjoyable such as, DJs will be playing all kinds of music, people throwing water on each other and putting powder on their faces as well as dancing on the streets.
Not only tourists, but also investors who want to invest in property in Thailand like to visit Bangkok during the Songkran day and they also take part in these activities. When you are going out during the festival then wear the worst clothes or buy a cheapest one because you are going to be wet for sure. People usually don’t bring their mobile phone and camera when the celebration is on the peak then its very difficult to safe all these things.
The Songkran day which is known as the Thai New Year brings more joy and happiness and people eagerly wait for this festival every year. They really enjoy every moment of these four days and have fun in their life.