Thai New Year Songkran festival

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New Year celebration Songkran ritual Thai festival festival

The Thai New Year Songkran festival is a traditional Thai celebration marked by water splashing, religious merit-making, and family gatherings to welcome the new year in mid-April.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Songkran 3
Thai New Year 3
Rod Nam Dam Hua 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Year celebration ⓘ
Songkran ritual ⓘ
Thai festival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
surface form: Songkran festival

Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
surface form: Thai New Year
associatedWith heat of the hot season ⓘ
water festival ⓘ
basedOnCalendar solar calendar ⓘ
celebratedIn Cambodia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
culturalSignificance community bonding ⓘ
family reunion ⓘ
paying respect to elders ⓘ
spiritual cleansing ⓘ
hasFood traditional Thai dishes ⓘ
hasMusic Thai folk music ⓘ
modern pop music ⓘ
hasRitual Rod Nam Dam Hua ⓘ
bathing Buddha statues ⓘ
offering alms to monks ⓘ
sand pagoda building ⓘ
hasTraditionalDress colorful floral shirts ⓘ
involves pouring scented water on elders’ hands ⓘ
mainActivity bathing Buddha images ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
offering food to monks ⓘ
pouring water on elders’ hands ⓘ
religious merit-making ⓘ
temple visits ⓘ
water splashing ⓘ
marks traditional Thai New Year ⓘ
occursInMonth April ⓘ
publicHolidayDurationInThailand 3 days ⓘ
publicHolidayIn Thailand ⓘ
recognizedBy Thai government ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
symbolizes purification ⓘ
renewal ⓘ
washing away bad luck ⓘ
tourismAttractionIn Bangkok ⓘ
Chiang Mai ⓘ
Pattaya ⓘ
Phuket ⓘ
typicalEndDate April 15 ⓘ
typicalStartDate April 13 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thai New Year Songkran festival → alsoKnownAs → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
subject surface form: Songkran
this entity surface form: Thai New Year
Thai New Year Songkran festival → alsoKnownAs → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
subject surface form: Songkran
this entity surface form: Songkran festival
Thai Town → associatedWith → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
Rod Nam Dam Hua → associatedWithFestival → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songkran
Rod Nam Dam Hua → celebratedDuring → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songkran festival
Chiang Mai → hasFestival → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songkran Festival
New Year → hasVariant → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thai New Year
New Year → hasVariant → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songkran
Thailand → nationalHoliday → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Songkran
Rod Nam Dam Hua → occasion → Thai New Year Songkran festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thai New Year