Miss Songkran Beauty Procession Chiang Mai Thailand

Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. Songkran is the Buddhist New Year festival that is a time for cleansing and washing away bad luck, symbolised by the throwing of water. It takes place between the 13 to 15 April each year and guarantees a drenching for everyone who ventures out into the streets of Thailand. Chang Mai, the 700 year old city in the north of Thailand, is accepted as the centre of the Songkran festival and it is here that people come from all over Thailand, and elsewhere, to experience this ancient rite. Activites include the Miss Songkran Contest and the beautiful parades.