Songkran, which falls on April 13-15 every year, is Thailand’s New Year. In the past, perfumed water was sprinkled on family members and friends as a form of blessing. Today, this religious ritual has evolved into a water throwing frenzy.
Songkran is also celebrated in Wat Chetawan, a Thai temple in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. On April 13, 2008, I went there to experience this festival. Since my camera was not water-proof, I had to take pictures from afar.
Nonetheless, I still got wet as someone poured water over my back. Fortunately, my camera was safe. I reminded myself with the Thai spirit of mai pen rai – it doesn’t matter!
Wet warriors with water guns…
The battleground…
The big one…
interesting ~
ReplyDeletesome of my frens planned their holiday around this time to visit Thailand just to experience this ^_^
在哪里哦～很像很过瘾酱～
ReplyDeleteCaught in the heavy rain today.. forgot bring umbrella..
ReplyDeleteFeel very Songkran too.
T.T
Never thought Malaysia would have a mini version of it. ^_^
ReplyDeleteWhere are the pics of water drenched babes?
Oops. =X
迷迭香
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know, Thais also travel at this time, so transportation can be a problem.
Well, unless they join package tour in which everything is taken care for...
ET女子
It's in PJ, Selangor.
noel
It sounds like you can have Songkran year round, LOL...
shingo
Unfortunately I had to take pictures from afar, so no pics of water drenched babes :-(
I dun know there is a thai temple in kl. Do we have big population of Thai in KL?
ReplyDeleteBTW, I saw my name at your left sidebar, but the link address is pointing to another blog. Or is that author sharing the same name as me? Mai Pen Rai, hehe...
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ReplyDeleteThe are some Thais in Klang Valley, but many devotees of the temple are actually Chinese. I think Burmese also go there.
Link corrected.
At least water beats tomatoes! I have to remember to avoid the place that time of the year. lol
ReplyDeleteUseful info. Thanks.
no wonder that days i passby the thai temple, saw a lot people was wet there...
ReplyDeleteInitial i planned to visit Thailand during this time... but with all the splashing on the street, i changed my mind to visit later :->
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ReplyDeleteTomato!?? That's scary...
icalvyn
Maybe next year you can get wet there also la...
tz
I think transportation is bad in Thailand during Songkran, as Thais travel too.