During the middle of April, the hottest month in Thailand. Especially in the Northern Thailand, the temperature can reach up to 40 degrees. Althouth the weather is so hot, Thai celebrated the day as Songkran festival in this month.
Songkran festival is also the Thai traditional New Year's day. The date of the festival was originally set by astrological calculation. There are songs which have a meaning; New Year is coming and the old year is passed. If these days fall on a weekend, the missed days off are taken on the weekdays immediately following. If they fall in the middle of the week, many Thai take off from the previous Friday until the following Monday.
Songkran falls in the hottest time of the year in Thailand, at the end of the dry season. Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter 1 April was used until 1940. 1 January is now the beginning of the year. The traditional Thai New Year has been a national holiday since then.
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