The Thai New Year officially started tonight with an opening ceremony at Wat Arun (but unfortunately that ceremony was by invite only & somehow I was left off the list). Festivities started today. As is the tradition, the buddhist observers pour water over the hands of the elder monks while they recieve blessings from the monk for the new year. Over many years this has progressed to water gun fights on Kao San Rd in the Bangalamphu area of Bangkok. Essentially, Thai's and many, many foreigners run around with buckets of flour mixed with water & try to smear as many faces as possible and high powered waterguns shooting anybody they see. It is impossible to just observe this phenomena and stay dry (trust me I tried & ended up getting buckets & buckets of water dumped over my head--granted it was a really hot day and initially felt good, but it became a little excessive).
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