Categories: Events & Festivals

Songkran Festival 2018 was Held in Bangkok – A Happy End to an Old Year and a Fresh Start to a New One

Songkran also was known as the Thai New Year is celebrated in April from the 13th to the 15th. However, offices and shops shut down for about a week to join in the festivities. It is the biggest water-fight of the year where massive crowds gather in the streets to bathe each other with water. Equipped with water guns and buckets of water, the individuals begin to splash each other, the true meaning to this large-scale water fight is to wash away the ill luck of the old year so that the New Year may start off fresh.

Travellers searching for things to do around Bangkok in April can join in the festivities down Khao San Road or Silom Road. Tourists accommodated in hotels like AVANI Riverside Bangkok Hotel will be just a walk away from the party places in Bangkok at this time of the year and have an opportunity to witness the celebrations.

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