{"id":2725,"date":"2015-04-13T08:12:04","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T08:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2013\/04\/13\/happy-thai-new-year-2013\/"},"modified":"2015-04-13T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T12:13:28","slug":"happy-thai-new-year-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2015\/04\/13\/happy-thai-new-year-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thai New Year 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1641\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/04\/Songkran-2013-Thailand-New-Year.jpg\" alt=\"Songkran-2013-Thailand-New-Year\" width=\"450\" height=\"294\" \/><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>Songkran 2015<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 The Biggest Water Fight Festival in Thailand \u2013 Traditional Thai New Year 2015. <em>When is Songkran in Thailand<\/em>? Songkran 2015 festival will take place April 13th through the 15th, a festival that is the country\u2019s traditional New Years Eve celebration.<\/p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/bangkok-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/www.songkran2015.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Songkran-in-Bangkok.jpg\" alt=\"Songkran in Bangkok\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/chiang-mai-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33\" src=\"http:\/\/www.songkran2015.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Songkran-in-Chiang-Mai.jpg\" alt=\"Songkran in Chiang Mai\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/pattaya-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34\" src=\"http:\/\/www.songkran2015.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Songkran-in-Pattaya.jpg\" alt=\"Songkran in Pattaya\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n<td class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/bangkok-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Songkran in Bangkok<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/chiang-mai-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Songkran in Chiang Mai<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"column-3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/pattaya-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Songkran in Pattaya<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- #tablepress-1 from cache -->The Songkran Festival is also known as the Thai New year or Thailand Water Festival, originally celebrated as a way for the Thai people to sprinkle water on their family members and elders for good fortune and pay their respects to images of the beloved Buddha. Today, the festival has transitioned into 3 days of water play fun, splashing locals and visitors alike with buckets of water, water hoses and super soakers as they gather in the streets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songkran 2015 \u2013 The Biggest Water Fight Festival in Thailand \u2013 Traditional Thai New Year 2015. When is Songkran in Thailand? Songkran 2015 festival will take place April 13th through the 15th, a festival that is the country\u2019s traditional New Years Eve celebration. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/bangkok-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/chiang-mai-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/pattaya-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agoda.com\/city\/bangkok-th.html?CID=1652397\" rel=\"nofollow\">Songkran  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/lie\/2015\/04\/13\/happy-thai-new-year-2013\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[161,300,465,466,468,469,496],"class_list":["post-2725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cultural-childcare-suffolk-county","tag-live-in-childcare-long-island","tag-suffolk-county-au-pair","tag-suffolk-county-au-pairs","tag-suffolk-county-babysitters","tag-suffolk-county-childcare","tag-thai-new-year"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Thai New Year 2015! - Cindy&#039;s Suffolk Au Pairs News Bulletin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Thai New Year 2015! - Cindy&#039;s Suffolk Au Pairs News Bulletin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Songkran 2015 \u2013 The Biggest Water Fight Festival in Thailand \u2013 Traditional Thai New Year 2015. 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