Uma bekunesikhathi esingcono sokuhlola ubungqayizivele be-Amazing Thailand, Unyaka Omusha Wase-Thai, owaziwa ngokuthi uMkhosi we-Songkran kusuka ngo-Ephreli 13 kuya ku-16 umcimbi lapho impi yamanzi yonke kanye namasiko asendulo ngandlela thize kuhlangana emgubhweni waminyaka yonke. Izwe lizoma kwamabhizinisi, seliphenduke iqembu lesizwe.

Akufani nanoma yini enye emhlabeni. Futhi imanzi. Ukuphumela emigwaqweni yaseThailand ngomhlaka-13 Ephreli kuyisimemo esivulekile sokuthi ujikijelwe ibhakede lamanzi noma isiphakeli esigcwele amanzi esiqondiswe ngakini. UZOBA manzi.

Kuzivakashi, umcimbi unikeza iphathi enkulu yamanzi equbuka emigwaqweni yamadolobhakazi namadolobhana aseThailand. Kubantu bendawo, yisikhathi lapho bekwazi khona ukuchitha isikhathi nemindeni yabo futhi bavakashele amathempeli ukuze bazuze - bese behileleka nasezimpini zamanzi.

Le Songkran 2019 i-Tourism Authority yase-Thailand ihlele imigubho ezindaweni ezintathu zezivakashi - i-Tak, i-Mukdahan ne-Ranong - futhi isekela imisebenzi kwezinye izifundazwe eziyisishiyagalombili (i-Bangkok, i-Samut Prakan, i-Sukhothai, i-Chiang Mai, i-Lampang, i-Ayutthaya, i-Phuket ne-Songkhla).

Iculo iholidi likazwelonke loNyaka Omusha wase-Thai. I-Songkran ingu-13 Ephreli minyaka yonke, kodwa isikhathi samaholide sisuka ku-14 siye ku-15 Ephreli. Ngo-2018 iKhabhinethi yaseThai yanweba umkhosi ezweni lonke waba yizinsuku ezinhlanu, 12-16 April, ukuze izakhamizi zikwazi ukuya emakhaya ngamaholide. Ngo-2019, leli holide lizogujwa ngo-12-16 Ephreli njengoba umhlaka-13 Ephreli uba ngoMgqibelo. Igama elithi "Songkran" livela egameni lesiSanskrit saṃkrānti ,ngokwezwi nezwi “indima yezinkanyezi”, okusho ukuguqulwa noma ukuguquka. Igama libolekwe kulo UMakar Sankranti, igama lomkhosi wokuvuna wamaHindu ogujwa eNdiya ngo-January ukuze uphawule ukufika kwentwasahlobo. Kuqondana nokukhuphuka kwama-Aries eshadini lezinkanyezi kanye noNyaka Omusha wamakhalenda amaningi aseNingizimu naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, ngokuhambisana nekhalenda lelanga lamaBuddha/Hindu.