“Why is everyone carrying those guns?” This seemingly valid question was asked during an episode of season three of “The White Lotus” by Kate (Leslie Bibb), one of three women in Thailand on a girls’ ...

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The Songkran Festival is a holiday in Thailand that celebrates the New Year and is filled with fun-filled activities Thais believe that splashing water on people in the streets is a way to bring good ...

Summer is here and Songkran is around the corner so get your water guns ready because Bangkok is about to become an all-out water war zone! Wait, no water battles? For two consecutive years? Sadly, ...

Happy Songkran in advance! The Thai new year, celebrated from 13 to 15 April every year, is marked by energetic water-splashing and huge parties. But the pandemic isn’t over, even if the situation is ...

Revelers take part in water fights as they celebrate the Thai traditional New Year in a water festival known as Songkran, at Silom road in Bangkok on April 13, 2015. AFP PHOTO / Christophe ARCHAMBAULT ...

It's about to get wetter and wilder at Wild Wild Wet (WWW) this April, as the water park gears up for Songkran Water Fest. If you didn't already know, Songkran is the Thai New Year, which takes place ...

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran, as the festival welcoming in the new year ...