Songkran is one of Thailand’s most popular celebrations. Songkran is the Thai celebration of their new year. This year, the festivities will be celebrated on April 13-15. To bring in the new year, Thais enjoy spending time with family to pay respects and ask for blessings. Many symbolic means can be found throughout the holiday celebration.
There are plenty of ways that you can celebrate the Songkran holiday. For local Thai people, the celebrations involve family gatherings with elders. Many traditions include cleaning houses, temples, and other public or private spaces. Visitors can also find many exciting ways to celebrate the Songkran holiday. This holiday is most known for the significance of water. While water is symbolic for washing away the old and bringing in new blessings, it has been turned into a fun part of the tradition. People in Bangkok typically have a city-wide play water fight with toys and water balloons.
You’ll see different places celebrating Songkran in their own special way. Even throughout the city of Bangkok, you can see a variety of celebrations, whether in the streets of in different venues. One of the most popular areas to celebrate Songkran is in Sukhumvit. Staying at the Sukhumvit Centre Point Hotel property, you’ll be just minutes away from Siam Square, one of the best places to be for celebrating Songkran.
While Songkran is always a very popular area in Bangkok, during the Songkran festival, you’ll see nonstop people outside enjoying the celebrations. The entire square turns into a water party complete with fun water fights, food, and entertainment. The celebrations in Siam Square will last for the entire festival.
You can take part in the water fun around Siam Square. All you need is a toy water fun, some water balloons, and a lot of energy. The weather in Bangkok is typically really hot around the time of the Songkran festival. The water fights are an easy way to cool off while walking the streets of Bangkok. Everyone is a target to get soaked in fun so come prepared to get wet.
There is also a lot of food around during the Songkran celebrations. Siam Square already has a large choice of food, whether street food or restaurants. During the festival, the streets are lined with even more food options to enjoy. This will be the best meal ever while drying up from the water fun.
Songkran lasts a few days and each day, you’ll find music and live entertainment in Siam Square that lasts all day and night. These performances add to the festive spirit of the holiday by creating a party right in Siam Square.
It’s easy to reach Siam Square for residents of Centre Point Hotel Sukhumvit. It’s only a short distance in car or tuk-tuk from the hotel. You can also take the public transportation system, the BTS. This railway is only a few stops between the hotel and Siam Square. It’s the perfect location to be for the amazing Songkran celebration.
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