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Prohibitions for Songkran Tradition

To allow Songkran tradition to retain its good meaning, essence and value, all sectors
of society are expected to highlight what should be done above and to refrain from anything
that would destroy the beauty of such traditions, which are:

Not focusing solely on the beauty pageant of the Goddess of Songkran. It should
focus on the new generation of child contestants to participate in public service activities in
order to create awareness of volunteerism

Not drinking alcohol in temples or in public places. In addition to being inappropriate,
most people often become drunk on a rampage or tease each other until an altercation,
including improper behaviour. Most importantly, drunkards often drive recklessly, causing
unknowingly tragedies or accidents, which is a cause of trouble for both oneself and others.
Therefore, ones should be calm for drinking alcohol or should drink only among friends and
family, and should drink in a way that does not bother others lose your mind.

Do not splash water hard with the violent aggression and no dangerous equipment,
because nowadays many people play with negligence in wrong places to cause annoyance
to others, splash water into a running car to cause a tragic accident, and use inappropriate
materials such as water, tapioca flour or paint, etc., which not only makes it difficult to clean
up but also causes diseases later. Therefore, these improper plays should be ignored. Also,
people should not splash water to other people who do not play together or those who
travel on business and should not do anything that is illegal against foreigners. This will cause
a misunderstanding of good Thai cultural traditions.

Conclusion

Even though traditions change over time, in order to continue the tradition of โ€œSongkranโ€
to be our pride and beauty, it is a duty that every sector of society has to work together to
maintain the goodness of the people and to eliminate what is wrong and deviating.

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