Inā he manawa maikaʻi aʻe e ʻimi ai i ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa o Amazing Thailand, ʻo ka Thai New Year, i kapa ʻia ʻo Songkran Festival mai ʻApelila 13 a hiki i 16 kahi hanana kahi e hui pū ai ke kaua wai āpau a me nā kuʻuna kahiko i kahi hoʻolauleʻa makahiki. Ke kū nei ka ʻāina i kahi pāʻoihana, e lilo ana i ʻahaʻaina aupuni.
ʻAʻole like ia me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka honua. A pulu. ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā alanui o Thailand ma ka lā 13 ʻApelila kahi kono ākea e hoʻolei ʻia kahi bākeke wai iā ʻoe a i ʻole kahi mea hoʻomalu wai piha i kau ʻia i kou ala. E pulu ʻoe.
No ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, hāʻawi ka hanana i kahi pāʻina wai nui e wāwahi ana i nā alanui o nā kauhale a me nā kauhale o Thailand. No nā kamaʻāina, he manawa kēia e hiki ai iā lākou ke noho manawa me ko lākou mau ʻohana a kipa aku i nā luakini e hoʻomaikaʻi ai - a laila e komo pū i ka hakakā wai.
ʻO kēia Songkran 2019 ka Tourism Authority o Thailand ua hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻolauleʻa i ʻekolu mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi - Tak, Mukdahan a me Ranong - a ke kākoʻo nei i nā hana ma ʻewalu mau panalāʻau (Bangkok, Samut Prakan, Sukhothai, Chiang Mai, Lampang, Ayutthaya, Phuket a me Songkhla).
Songkran ʻo ia ka lā hoʻomaha lāhui Makahiki Hou. Songkran ʻo 13 ʻApelila i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā hoʻonui ka wā hoʻomaha mai 14 a 15 ʻApelila. I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻolōʻihi ka ʻaha Kuhina Thai i ka ʻaha ma ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa i ʻelima mau lā, 12-16 ʻApelila, i hiki ai i nā kamaʻāina ke huakaʻi home no ka lā nui. Ma ka 2019, e ʻike ʻia ka lā nui 12-16 ʻApelila ma ka hāʻule ʻana o 13 ʻApelila i ka Pōʻaono. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "Songkran" mai ka huaʻōlelo Sanskrit saṃkrānti ,literal "astrological ala", ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻololi a hoʻololi paha. Ua hōʻaiʻē ʻia ka manawa mai Makar Sankranti, ka inoa o kahi ʻahaʻaina hōʻiliʻili Hindu i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma India i Ianuali e hōʻailona i ka hōʻea ʻana o ka puna. Kūlike ia me ka piʻi ʻana o Aries ma ka pakuhi hōkū a me ka Makahiki Hou o na kalena he nui o ka Hema a me ka Hikina Hema o Asia, e like me ka Buddhist/Hindu solar calendar.
