Thailand: Teach, Volunteer, Splash - Happy New Year
Posted by Kevin Morgan on Mon, Apr 12, 2010
Splash!
Happy New Year! It's Songkran. April 13-15. The Thai New Year. We have GeoVisions teachers, volunteers and staff in Thailand now.
In Bangkok there is political turmoil. Red shirts trying to bring down the government. Red shirts being manipulated by an outside force.
But ... it's New Year. Songkran. The Water Festival.
The water will wash away past transgressions.
The sprinkling of water on friends and visitors is a way to appeal to the higher powers to bring water to the fields for a new rice crop. The sprinkling has turned into splashing. The splashing has turned into dousing. In Thailand ... at New Year ... you are going to get VERY wet. Thais will spread a floury paste on your face ... on your neck ... it wards away evil.
The fun of the New Year lasts for three or four days. How wet can you get?
Happy New Year. It's 2553! Come to Thailand. Teach. Volunteer. Discover. LIVE!
GeoVisions in Thailand includes Teaching, Volunteering, Conversation Tutoring in a Classroom or with a Family. Join us.