Songkran: The World’s Biggest Water Fight Is Actually a Prayer

Every April, the streets of Chiang Mai fill with millions of people armed with Super Soakers, buckets, water cannons mounted on trucks, and absolutely no idea that the water they’re throwing is supposed to be a prayer. Songkran is the most photographed street event in Southeast Asia. The photographs have been circulating for decades and almost nobody who shares them
March 26, 2026
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