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What Do You Know about the Thailand Buddhist New Year?

Paul Kuehn @pauliek (287) • Udon Thani, Thailand 11 Apr 16

The Thai Buddhist New Year or Songkran Festival is celebrated every April 13-15. This will be the start of year 2559 in the Buddhist calendar. It is the biggest holiday of the year for all Thai who usually travel to their homes...

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Celebrating a festival or national holiday.

LeighB @LeighB (698) • Thailand 11 Apr 11

This week, over the South East Asia region, sees the start of their New Year or Lunar New Year. In India, they celebrate a harvest festival called, Baisakhi, from 13th -14th April. People gather together to sing and dance in...

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