Beginning with Friday’s night market and culminating in Sunday’s festive Songkran, those celebrating Pi Mai, the Lao New Year, will have lots to do, see and taste at Sanford’s beautiful, colorful Wat ...

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 (สงกรานต์), as the festival welcoming in the ...

LAYTON — The Wat Dhammagunaram Layton Temple is holding a Songkran festival on Saturday and Sunday to mark the Thai and Lao new year. Activities go from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday with Buddhist “merit ...

Thailand is elevating the profile of the annual Songkran Festival to ensure local and international travelers enjoy a more “authentic experience” and get the chance to “discover more amazing stories o ...

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(The Conversation) — In Southeast Asia, Songkran is a time to celebrate the coming year with water fights, honoring elders and offering prayers. (The Conversation) — In many countries in Southeast ...