Songkran in Cambodia and Vietnam, how long is the water drenching part? Same dates as LOS?
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The Songkran festival, celebrated in Thailand from April 13-15, does not have an equivalent water drenching celebration in Vietnam, as the country does not observe Songkran or a similar festival during that time. In Cambodia, Songkran coincides with their New Year celebrations, typically also from April 13-15, and features water-related festivities. The conversation reflects confusion among expats regarding the celebration of Songkran in both countries and clarifies that Vietnam does not participate in the water drenching aspect of the festival.
Vietnam is a civilized country, and has lots of festivals, never sonkran or water fighting. Upcoming DaNang festivals focuses on international firework competition .. similar to HK and Vancouver.
David **********
Vietnam does not do Songkran it is a Thai thing (it is literally Thai New year) and also Cambodia is trying to claim it as well these days
All they have is festivals put on by either Thai Embassy or shopping centers etc not actually part of there culture. Singapore also does that every year. As do many other countries.
I am well aware of Tet but thanks. I was just trying to find out how uncontrollable it was. It appears that Vietnam is sporadic and under control. I haven't gotten any suitable answers about Cambodia yet.
Cambodia dates is same as Thailand but was more subdued and traditional when i went which was about 15 years ago and only really water/flour on the 13th.
They did tame it down a bit when there was a few deaths at one festival when a bridge or platform collapsed
The Lao people celebrate their New Year, Pi Mai (pronounced Pii-My) every year from April 13 or 14 to April 15 or 16. The celebration is considered to be the most important and biggest traditional festival in the country.
You will need to google, spelling Laos correctly, Also it will help to recognize that Songkran - is Thai... So places like Cambodia, Laos (notice the spelling), Vietnam won't participate (Only Canadians observe Canada day).
Songkran is Thai version of Buddha new year. If you google Buddha New Year (country name spelled correctly) google works much better.
Google is good for helping you find what you are looking for, but if you don't know what you are looking for, not google nor this group will be much help
well you must not be able to read, same as Thailand, everywhere celebrates different dates, as you should know if you live in Pattaya. But the official dates are as I said.