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To celebrate Songkran,
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throughout Thailand which
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- Cleaning of houses and public
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to welcome the New Year with cleanliness
and fresh start.
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to monks in dedication to the late ancestors,
going to the temples to listen to Buddhist
preaching.
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to their natural habitat is a common
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giving freedom is a form of merit making.
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images and monks is an auspicious act
to receive blessings for the New Year.
WHAT to do
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