SongkranObservance

13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai novice monks receive alms during a merit making ceremony for Songkran at the Bangkok City Hall. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year's Festival. It is held April 13-16. Many Thais mark the holiday by going to temples and making merit by giving extra alms to monks or offering extra prayers. They also mark Songkran with joyous water fights. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai novice monks receive alms during a merit making ceremony for Songkran at the Bangkok City Hall. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year's Festival. It is held April 13-16. Many Thais mark the holiday by going to temples and making merit by giving extra alms to monks or offering extra prayers. They also mark Songkran with joyous water fights. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ