CHIANG MAI - Songkran celebrates renewal with blessed water poured on Buddha statues and elders in the morning. By afternoon, it explodes into Thailand's wildest water festival.

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CHIANG RAI - When April heat hits Thailand, the Songkran Festival shifts the country into full celebration mode. Songkran , a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage and Thailand's traditional Thai New Year , is the highlight.

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