Songkran is the Thai new year and is the time when people should sprinkle water over each other to cleanse for the coming year. It has, however degenerated into pitched water fights that many people clearly enjoy but others do not. We are just a few days from Songkran, and the Burmese equivalent which is called Thingyan, and the shops are full of water blasting machines. If anything Thingyan is even worse as it continues unabated for 4 days. Podiums are set up especially near lakes, and water is pumped through hosepipes and water jets to soak anyone who is within reach.
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