songkran
How do we celebrate songkran
Water fights, respecting elders, visiting temples
How do they know when it is Songkran?
based on the Buddhist calendar,
What does Songkran celebrate
Thai new years
What other countries celebrate Songkran (Name 3)
Laos, Cambodia, India, and China
when is songkran celebrated?
april 13th-15th
What is the name of the boy in the legend of Songkran?
Thammabal
Where does the word Songkran come from?
sanskrit word meaning "pass into"
What are the 3 riddles given to the boy?
1. Where did a person's aura exist in the morning?
2. Where was a person’s aura at noon?
3. Where did it appear at night?
what zodiac sign marks songkrans entrance
Mesha (Aries)
Summarize the legend of songkran
For six days the boy agonised over the answers to the riddles, yet could not come up with them. On the the seventh day, whilst lying under palm trees, he heard a male and female eagle joyfully talking about how they would soon be able to feast on a boy's dead body. Not knowing the boy was able to hear, the two eagles revealed the answers to the riddles. Thammabal immediately went to Kabila Phrom and recited the answers.