{"id":2269,"date":"2015-03-27T11:26:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T09:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2015-03-27T11:26:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T09:26:23","slug":"lets-celebrate-songkran-pattaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2269-lets-celebrate-songkran-pattaya","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s celebrate Songkran in Pattaya !"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In three weeks\u00a0comme\u00a0Thai New Year called Songkran. Three days of public holidays between religious ceremonies and celebrations, between prayers and water fights in the street. If in general, Songkran lasts 3 days (from April 13 to April 15) in <a href=\"\/eng\/cities\/pattaya.php\" target=\"_blank\">Pattaya<\/a>, it lasts a week !<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2817\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2817 size-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/songkran-festival1-560x374.jpg\" alt=\"Songkran Thailand\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The famous Songkran water fights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed in Pattaya, the celebrations last until April 19, an extension traditionally called Wan Lai Festival.<\/p>\n<p>During Songkran week \u00a0Pattaya\u00a0goes crazy !\u00a0More than half a million people from all over Thailand and abroad converge to\u00a0Pattaya. Especially for the memorable water fights in the streets. In\u00a0Pattaya, Songkran usually begins on April 11 and ends on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-CKZ6mNRko\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During this period, so it is highly recommended\u00a0to book your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/accommodation-thailand\/hotels-guesthouses-in-pattaya\" target=\"_blank\">hotel in Pattaya<\/a> or guesthouse in advance to be sure to find a place\u00a0to sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The most impressive water battles take place in South Pattaya, on the road along the beach. Otherwise, it is in Soi\u00a06, 7 and 8 and Soi Bua Khao that things happen. Off course, temples including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/eng\/see-visit-thailand\/pattaya-big-buddha-pattaya-145\" target=\"_blank\">Pattaya\u00a0Big Buddha<\/a> are also frequented by the faithful as Songkran is also and above all a religious festival.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2270\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-buddha-pattaya-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Big Buddha Pattaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-buddha-pattaya-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-buddha-pattaya-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-buddha-pattaya.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pattaya Big Buddha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On April 18, things take place in\u00a0Naklua, North, and especially near the old Naklua Fresh market. While on April 19 \u00a0is the big party in South Pattaya ! The road along\u00a0the beach and all adjacent roads will be closed to traffic, creating a 3 miles long road for a giant water fights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In three weeks\u00a0comme\u00a0Thai New Year called Songkran. Three days of public holidays between religious ceremonies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events-festivals-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2271,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}