Hua Hin’s Songkran festivities announced – without water fights

[webfact]

 

By Jonathan Fairfield

 

Hua Hin Municipality has announced the schedule for this year’s Songkran celebrations.

 

Organised events will be centered around a stage on Hua Hin beach from April 11 to 13 and will take place under the banner “travel the local way, experience Thai culture, and relax on the beach”.

 

There is also a retro theme for this year’s celebrations with people who attend invited to wear retro style clothing.

 

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There will also be a check in corner where people can take photos to share on social media, while vendors will also be showcasing an array of local food.

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Organised events will be centered around a stage on Hua Hin beach from April 11 to 13 and will take place under the banner “travel the local way, experience Thai culture, and relax on the beach”.

That'll draw them in from minutes away.

[Tarteso]

To wear retro style clothing and without water fights or water splashing activities.. 

 

Something else? ????

[Andrew65]

Many years ago they clamped-down on Songkhran "water-activities" in Bangkok, it had become a real pain in the a*se.

An old Thai guy (now late 70's) told me how when he was a kid Songkhran was 1 day, and sprinkles of water, rather than buckets of ice cold water over a 3 or 4 day period, as it had become.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Andrew65

[Will B Good]

Ahhh...the good old days when Songkran really was Songkran.

[Andrew65]

"There is also a retro theme for this year’s celebrations with people who attend invited to wear retro style clothing".

Lots of wizened old expats'll just show up in their usual attire then!???? (And 70's mullet hairdos!).

Edited March 21, 2022 by Andrew65