I subbed a Japanese TV show about this and one funny thing about the festival is if you get splashed, you can’t get angry at the person that got you wet.
Seems like that rule has ended.
It would be interesting to see an analysis of accidents/deaths/injuries correlated with miles driven. (Not that I think Thailand could produce this analysis.) I would not be surprised to see that the carnage is simply proportional, with “more driving” equaling “more wrecks” independently of water fighting.
Talk about hard water
Don’t drink and douse.
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Drunk driving, speeding, wet t-shirts -- sounds like a great market for all the wine surplus on Earth.
Totally bogus headline. There were no deaths attibuted to water fights. I have seen several article about the traffic carniage happening during the last week, none of which campare and contrast with a non holiday week.
There was a stabbing incident linked to a Songkram celebration, but its orgin was the typical boy talked to the wrong guys girlfriend.
One tragic accident occured with four teenage boys on a motorcycle crashing killing all four. That can not be attibuted to Songkram, but stupidity on behalf of the boys.
It is a bit of unusal custom of have water gun battles to celebrate Songkram, but there is a lot more to the holiday than the public displays.
Thailand?
The excerpt is all about reckless driving.