Tag: wan lai
Local Teenagers Spoil the image of Wan Lai
At about 6pm while the rest of Pattaya was still enjoying water throwing at different corners of the city, an incident with real...
Alms giving to monks to mark a bright new year
99 monks received alms from Naklua people on the morning of the Wan Lai water festival at Larn Pho Public Park. The monks...
Pattaya celebrates ‘Wan Lai’ Songkran Water Festival today, all day!
Pattaya’s traditional Songkran Festival known as ‘Wan Lai’ or the ‘Day that Flows’ falls on April 19 every year. Today tens of thousands of...
Songkran Water Festival – ‘Wan Lai’ in Pattaya City Today
April 19 every year is the day of traditional 'Wan Lai' to be celebrated in Pattaya City. Larger crowd is expected to come...
Naklua plans wide-ranging Songkran fun
Songkran is upon us and in Naklua officials plan to mark the Thai New Year with a solemn tribute to monks and raucous...
Wan Lai in Naklua this Monday April 18
Naklua people have finally come up with their own agenda to celebrate a better organized Songkran Water Festival or Wan Lai, which...
City prepares for Songkran 2011
Pattaya officials will try to bring some sense of order to the water-throwing free-for-all that engulfs Beach Road on Pattaya’s official Songkran day....
Officials outline plans for Naklua Songkran finale
Public officials Thursday continued planning for Naklua’s Songkran water festival next month. At a Pla Thong Seafood restaurant meeting, Chonburi MP Poramet Ngampichet...
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Pattaya Beach transforms into a jazz paradise December 12–13, full line-up and schedules here
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