Performers participate in a street parade celebrating the Songkran Festival in Ayutthaya, Thailand, April 13, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)
The traditional new year Songkran Festival is being celebrated in Thailand. Despite the water splashing ban due to the COVID-19, many other events such as handicraft exhibits, buddha statue water-pouring rituals and food markets are promoted to make people get together to enjoy the festivities in a safer and dryer way.
BANGKOK, April 15 (Xinhua) — For the third year in a row, Thailand is celebrating its traditional new year Songkran in a water-free mode, despite the country being set to lift most COVID-19 control measures once and for all in the near future.
A parade of young Thais in colorful traditional costumes, an elephant with a lady dressed elegantly as the “Songkran Goddess” on its back, and music performances and dancers, marked this…
