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Water Fight To Temples Visit, Why Indians Feel At Home In Thailand During Songkran
Songkran is Thailand's traditional New Year festival marked by water fights, temple visits, and family reverence, celebrated in mid-April.
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Bangkok Slaps Curfew On World's Biggest Water Fight Amid Drought
The Thai capital will impose a curfew during Thailand's annual water festival next month to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought, city officials said today.
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Thai holi... not quite!
Locals and tourists took to the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday, armed with buckets, water guns and plenty of enthusiasm, to mark the start of the Buddhist New Year. If you are from India, you might confuse it for holi.Over three days of holidays, Thais across the country will soak each other with water and high spirits.The Songkran tradition start...
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At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival
Rescuers trawled a muddy river on Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured.The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.A panic-stricken crowd -- celebra...
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Water Fight To Temples Visit, Why Indians Feel At Home In Thailand During Songkran
Songkran is Thailand's traditional New Year festival marked by water fights, temple visits, and family reverence, celebrated in mid-April.
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Bangkok Slaps Curfew On World's Biggest Water Fight Amid Drought
The Thai capital will impose a curfew during Thailand's annual water festival next month to show solidarity with farmers hit by drought, city officials said today.
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Thai holi... not quite!
Locals and tourists took to the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday, armed with buckets, water guns and plenty of enthusiasm, to mark the start of the Buddhist New Year. If you are from India, you might confuse it for holi.Over three days of holidays, Thais across the country will soak each other with water and high spirits.The Songkran tradition start...
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At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival
Rescuers trawled a muddy river on Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured.The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.A panic-stricken crowd -- celebra...
