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City Hall revives Songkran events

Chadchart welcomes return of festivities after three-year pandemic-induced absence

People pour scented water on Phra Phuttha Sihing, a revered Buddha image, during the Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2018. (Bangkok Post File Photo)

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will organise a major event to celebrate Songkran next month after a three-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Tuesday.

While Lan Khon Muang in front of the City Hall in Phra Nakhon district has been designated as the main venue for the capital’s water-splashing celebrations, all 50 district offices will also organise their own events to celebrate the Thai New Year,…

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