Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during ...

From the spiritual grandeur of Kumbh Mela in India to the lively water fights of Songkran in Thailand, these festivals have ...

For three days every year, Thailand transforms into a wet and wild party. But this ancient festival is far more than just a ...

The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country’s decades of dictatorship and turmoil.

In Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, millions normally take part in raucous play with uninhibited splashing of water on ...

(Photo: Xinhua) People take part in a celebration for the upcoming Songkran festival in Ayutthaya, Thailand, April 10, 2025. The Songkran festival, the traditional Thai New Year, is celebrated ...

Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating ...

One of the Top End’s most loved Thai festivals is back for another year, with the organisers expecting this year’s festival ...

Songkran celebrations take place all over the ... for example, in northern Thailand — or Lanna — people utilize a naga waterspout to pour water on a Buddha image rather than directly, ...