Talk:Thai New Year

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Who know starting which year Songkran was fixed to April 13? Accoring to Holidayfestival in 1997 it was on April 14-16 instead - can anyone disprove this? Ahoerstemeier 21:17 Jan 30, 2003 (UTC)

The name songkran appears to be a corruption of Sankranthi...is it?

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I have more photos on my web site (including higher resolution versions of the two on this page). I don't want to add a link to my site to the main page. If anybody else feels it's worth it then put it on there: http://www.kirit.com/สงกรานต์—Songkran. I can upload any other pictures to Commons if anybody wants to use them in the article. KayEss | talk 05:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

A picture of the traditional ceremony would be nice. I see there is one on your site, but it's not clear to me what's happening in it. Henry^Flower 19:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I was trying to get some better pictures of that, but they didn't come out well enough. It'll have to wait until next year now KayEss | talk 04:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Songkran or Songkran Festival?

The celebrations are commonly known as such in English, especially in tourism, and the new year aspect of the festivals is somewhat diminished nowadays. Paul C 21:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

The first day of the Khmer New Year is also called Songkran, which may be a problem. Of course if we were really being fair then Songkran wouldn't redirect here. So I'm neutral. Henry^Flower 23:11, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sawatdi pi mai

I really doubt that sawatdi pi mai is really traditional new year greeting. The word sawatdi, from sanskrit svasti, as a greeting began only in mid-20th century, during the regime of Plaek Phibunsongkhram. --KINKKU • ANANAS 16:45, 4 March 2008 (UTC)