I have been making a lot of Facebook posts bashing the carnage resulting from the Seven Deadly Days of Songkran. While it is a particularly dangerous time in Thailand because of the extreme over-consumption of alcohol, it is also true that there is a fair amount of sane activity as well.
On the last day of Songkran, which is the Thai New Year Festival, I was invited to join the procession from the village to the temple. So, here's a chance to meet some more of the villagers. I did stow my camera during the wettest part of the procession, but managed to get the following pictures with little stress to my camera.
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| Four out of five people really enjoy the Songkran activities. |
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| The stoic and sober. |
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| This was the best pic of the evening. Sohm and his wife Kim. |
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| Second best picture. I would like to have gotten more color from this photo. |
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| Street dancing just getting started. Here come the fire-hoses. Time to put the camera away. |
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| The procession toward the temple begins. |
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| So the trick to staying somewhat dry is to gauge the range of the hose, and just to be sure, take shelter behind something big... |
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| ...but that strategy doesn't work if they kick up the rpm's on the pump. |
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| Once at the temple everyone tones it down a bit. |
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| Kim, Sohm, Tuay, and myself. |
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| Time-out for devotions. |
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| Tuay is a novice monk, or nen. His fellow nen is quite serious about his role. |
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Mom and nen.
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A monk ties a string around the wrist as a blessing for the new year.
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Everyone is welcome
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