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Songkran
Official name
Different names denote the festival across South and Southeast Asia
Regional names
သင်္ကြန် (Burmese)
មហាសង្ក្រាន្ត (Khmer)
ປີໃໝ່ (Lao)
泼水节 (Mandarin)
संक्रांति (Sanskrit)
අලුත් අවුරුද්ද (Sinhalese)
มหาสงกรานต์ (Thai)
Also called
Southeast Asian New Year
Observed by
Burmese, Cambodian, Dais, Laotians, Thais, Bangladeshis (CHT), Sri Lankans, Tai Dam and certain ethnic groups of northeast India
Significance
Marks the new year
Date
Generally 13–15 April
2024 date
Generally 13–15 April
Frequency
Annual
Related to
Mesha Sankranti
Songkran celebrations
Paying respects to elders is important in many Songkran celebrations, such as those in Songkran
Thailand.
As Thingyan in Myanmar; water throwing is a cleansing ritual of many Songkran celebrations.
As Choul Chnam Thmey in Cambodia; pouring water on Buddha is important in SE Asia. Often known as blessing in Cambodia
As Aluth Avuruddu in Sri Lanka; the blossoming of the Erythrina fusca symbolizes the advent of the New Year in Sri Lanka.
As Pii Mai in Laos.
Ancestor altars are common during New Year celebrations in Cambodia and Thailand.
Songkran celebrations involve a variety of diverse traditions practiced in the many countries and regions that celebrate the traditional New Year festival
Songkran is the water-splashing festival celebration of Tai peoples[2] in traditional new year for Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam and Xishuangbanna, China[3][4] begins on 13th April of the year.
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^A Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. (2001, Jan 1). Thai-Yunnan Project: The Tai World: A Digest of Articles from the Thai-Yunnan Project Newsletter, in Memory of Gehan Wijeyewardene, by Gehan Wijeyewardene, Andrew Walker and Nicholas Tapp, Dept. of Anthropology. Oakland, CALIFORNIA: Masalai Press. 272 pp. p. 78. "water-splashing at Songkran the symbol of Tai"
Brehm, W., Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Yuto Kitamura, Shigeru Aoyagi, and Thongchai Winichakul. (2022). Memory in the Mekong: Regional Identity, Schools, and Politics in Southeast Asia. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University. 200 pp. ISBN 978-080-7-76636-1. p. 88. "Thai and Tai people are alternately referred to, we can observe that another criterion for being Thai is “Thai culture and customs,” with an example of the celebration of Songkran Day."
^"制造传统 关于傣族泼水节及其相关新年话语的研究". Open Times. February 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
^"Donald K. Swearer The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia" (PDF). Ahandfulofleaves.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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