What does Songkarn mean? How is it important? You can find out who will be a festival that you never forget from this article.
Songkarn Festival or water festival is the long holiday for Thais, and it is one of the most important festivals. The word "Songkarn" comes from the Sanskrit language means that the passing or approaching. This festival is not only fun celebration, but also the ceremony by the Buddhist religion as well. Family will be honored in this apparentlyTime, especially the elderly, because their children will go back to her hometown, and not with their older relatives greeting.
Songkarn period may be separated in three days and each day has its own specific name, and activities are different. 13th April is "Songkarn days, 14 April is called "Nao Day" or incurred by the date on which the sun travels between Pieces and marking the old Thai New Year's Eve and 15 April is the last day of the festival "Thai New YearDay ".
For activities, there are many types of games. The one that is well known in the world is to throw in the water activity, which is the most fun activity at all in my opinion, will play to the people in the downtown of their own city throwing water and face painting, chalk powder to the others they are even going abroad. This activity will make people know each other, sometimes a few more is possible in this activity.
Another activity that a traditional ThaiPeople will do this by basically tag that's good or services, by food to the monk, but it is different from ordinary than the day because they go into the temple and there will be many activities have over there, such as casting fragrant water over Buddha images, construction in the sand pagodas and play some traditional Thai plays, which will not be seen in ordinary day and it will have some free Thai food for people who come together with at this ceremony.
This is just an example ofSongkarn festival activity, there is more than you could not imagine. You can more information about Songkarn festival and the traditional sites in search of so famous for Songkarn Festival by searching in TAT's website, but it will give you more comfort when you have a few packets of Thai tourism agency suitable package was created to serve for, select your lifestyle.
