4/17/2004: Songkran festival

Undertoad · 04-17-2004, 11:47 AM

Thai people put powder on the face of a police officer on a street in Prachinburi Province, east of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13 to celebrate the Songkran festival, Thai New Year.

Yeah, I don't get it either, but apparently the Songkran festival is simply massive. It's the Thai new year, lasts for several days. When I googled around I found that the festival is all about water, not powder; the last day is water-splashing time, and you can't go outside without getting hit with water, splashed, squirted, etc.

Apparently people are learning to put their cellphones in condoms during the festivies, so they don't break when they get wet.

More Songkran. mostly from here:

wolf · 04-17-2004, 12:01 PM

That last bunch look like they've had quite enough of the celebration ... just waiting for it to be over.

Elspode · 04-17-2004, 12:32 PM

So, the Thai New Year is essentially a giant squirt gun fight?

Awesome.

YellowBolt · 04-17-2004, 01:01 PM

Is that a monkey I see with a hose? Cool!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2004, 01:09 PM

It looks more like milk (or something) than water. Must be the mixture of the water and powder.
I'm surprised the cops sleeve patch is in English.

blue · 04-17-2004, 03:47 PM

This thing looks like a blast! Wish I was there.

Check out the chick in the lower left of the last picture...some people just know how to look NAUGHTY!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2004, 06:08 PM

She looks pissed off, to me.

onetrack · 04-18-2004, 08:20 PM

So what? .. I could join a bunch of street rioting, anti-WTO anarchists and associated greenie lesbians, and get hosed down by truck mounted water cannon .. and get twice as much fun!!

04-17-2004, 11:47 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	4/17/2004: Songkran festival Thai people put powder on the face of a police officer on a street in Prachinburi Province, east of Bangkok, Thailand, on April 13 to celebrate the Songkran festival, Thai New Year. Yeah, I don't get it either, but apparently the Songkran festival is simply massive. It's the Thai new year, lasts for several days. When I googled around I found that the festival is all about water, not powder; the last day is water-splashing time, and you can't go outside without getting hit with water, splashed, squirted, etc. Apparently people are learning to put their cellphones in condoms during the festivies, so they don't break when they get wet. More Songkran. mostly from here:

04-17-2004, 12:01 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That last bunch look like they've had quite enough of the celebration ... just waiting for it to be over. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-17-2004, 12:32 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	So, the Thai New Year is essentially a giant squirt gun fight? Awesome. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-17-2004, 01:09 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It looks more like milk (or something) than water. Must be the mixture of the water and powder. I'm surprised the cops sleeve patch is in English. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-17-2004, 03:47 PM	#6
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	This thing looks like a blast! Wish I was there. Check out the chick in the lower left of the last picture...some people just know how to look NAUGHTY! __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

04-17-2004, 01:01 PM	#4
YellowBolt I lurk with the best of them Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: not close to philadelphia. :( well, not THAT close. Posts: 146	Is that a monkey I see with a hose? Cool!

04-17-2004, 06:08 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	She looks pissed off, to me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-18-2004, 08:20 PM	#8
onetrack Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Western Australia Posts: 99	So what? .. I could join a bunch of street rioting, anti-WTO anarchists and associated greenie lesbians, and get hosed down by truck mounted water cannon .. and get twice as much fun!! __________________ Illiterate??? - Not a problem! Write today for more information!! ....

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