HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sawadee Pi Mai, Thai new year (Songkran) starts now! keep smiling and hope for  a good new year!

See older posts of Songkran here and here

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Thailand

Workers safety, Mae Sot 2006

A Thai Border patrol officer Relaxing before packing and sending back a taxi full of Burmese refugees, Mae Sot 2006

Sleeping dog, Mae Sot 2006

Akha fisherboy Somewhere in Mae Hong Son Province 2006

Thai police waits for Thaksin Shinawatra voiting in the re-election, Bangkok 2006. 

1 second before head on hit. Songkran, Khon Kean 2006

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Happy new New Year!

The Thai New Year (Thai: สงกรานต์ Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April. It is also celebrated in Laos (called pi mai lao or 'Lao New Year' in Lao), Cambodia, Myanmar (where it is called Thingyan), and by the Dai people in Yunnan, China. Sri Lanka also celebrates a similar festival called Sinhalese and Tamil New Year on the same dates. The same date is celebrated widely throughout the Indian subcontinent, albeit based on the astrological event of the sun beginning its northward journey. These pictures are taken in Khon Kean (Isaan) north east Thailand, Songkran 2006. click to enlarge.

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Songkran in 6 weeks from now.

Songkran - is a Thai traditional New Year which starts on April 13 every year and lasts for 3 days. Songkran festival on April 13 is Maha Songkran Day or the day to mark the end of the old year, April 14 is Wan Nao which is the day after and April 15 is Wan Thaloeng Sok which the New Year begins. At this time, people from the rural areas who are working in the city usually return home to celebrate the festival.
Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac. It is also known as the "Water Festival" as people believe that water will wash away bad luck.
This a collection of photos from Songkran Festival 2006 in the city of Khon Kean , Northeast Thailand.

Corp. Dj-ingen photography, 2006-2008