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	Buddhist New Year,Buddhist New Year Celebrations,Buddhist New Year Day,Buddhist New Year 2008
		New Year Festival » New Year by Religions » Buddhist New Year
		New Year in Theravadin countries, Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Lao is celebrated for three days from the first full moon day in April.
		New Year is the time to hope best from the coming year.
	www.newyearfestival.com /buddhist-new-year.html (339 words)

	Thai New Year - TOPICS Online Magazine for ESL
		Thailand has many holidays, and all Thais wait for their holidays, hoping to have time to take a rest after working hard for a long time.
		We call it "Thai New Year." This holiday is the time for young people to show love to persons whom they respect.
		The Thai New Year is a good time for all children to show how much love they have for their parents.
	www.topics-mag.com /internatl/holidays/thailand/new-year.htm (242 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Thai New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Thai New Year (สงกรานต์ = Songkran in Thai language) is celebrated every year on April 13 to April 15.
		Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand, after using April 1 until 1940 now January 1 is the beginning of the year.
		New year traditions The most significant tradition on Songkran is the throwing of water.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/th/Thai_New_Year (309 words)

	Thai New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter April 1 was used until 1940.
		January 1 is now the beginning of the year.
		Even though the traditional calendar of Thailand like most of Southeast Asia uses a lunisolar calendar, the date of the new year was calculated on a purely solar basis.
	www.wapipedia.com /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Thai_New_Year (329 words)

	Ying's World 2004
		Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac.
		The value for family is to provide the opportunity for family members to gather in order to express their respects to the elders by pouring scented water onto the hands of their parents and grandparents and to present them gifts including making merits to dedicate the result to their ancestors.
		Thais value the religion bye means of merits acquisition, offerings alms to monks, Dhamma Practice, listening to sermon and monks-bathing.
	www.geocities.com /yingworld2004/thailand/thai_newyear.htm (408 words)

	soc.culture.thai Culture FAQ
		If the current popular theory, that the Thai people have been here in their present location from the very beginning, is correct then the Thai civilization is a very ancient one, as is attested by the various recently unearthed artifacts.
		Year with Athikasuratin (leap year) occurs every 4 years, except in the last year of the A.D. century that is not divisible by 400, ie.
		ANNO DOMINI (A.D.): The year of the birth of Jesus Christ is counted as A.D. is B.E. minus 543) MAHASAKARAJ: A solar calendar that began in the victory year in the reign of an Indian king in the SAKA dynasty.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/thai/culture/index.html (4937 words)

	Thai Government Seeks Those Responsible for New Year's Eve Bombings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Thai police and soldiers are patrolling the streets of Bangkok as investigators hunt those responsible for a series of bombings on New Year's Eve.
		New Year's Day was reserved in Bangkok, after a wave of small bomb blasts tore through Thailand's capital in the last hours of 2006.
		Thai officials have said they do not believe the blasts are linked to Muslim insurgents who have staged similar attacks in southern Thailand.
	www.voanews.com /english/2007-01-01-voa6.cfm (441 words)

	New Year Dates,New Year Dates Calendar,Dates of New Year,New Year Festival Dates
		Vietnamese New Year or Tet is celebrated between January 17th and February 19th at the time of the new moon.
		The Tamil New Year and Vishu are celebrated on the same day respectively in the Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
		Hindu New Year (Diwali) is celebrated on the new moon in late October or early November.
	www.newyearfestival.com /new-year-dates.html (1175 words)

	BBC - Food - News and events - Thai flavours
		The water theme of the festivities is a symbol of cleansing and renewal, and centuries ago the Thai people would delicately sprinkle scented water from silver bowls onto the hands of the elders in their families.
		Thai cuisine is considered by many to be among the best in the world.
		The Thai people have added their own ingenuity to their dishes, using influences from Portuguese traders who brought chillies, Indians who provided curries and spices, and the Chinese method of hot frying in a wok.
	www.bbc.co.uk /food/news_and_events/events_thainewyear.shtml (627 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One Thai migrant worker was killed and another seriously injured in two separate brawls that broke out amid merry-making at the Water Festival celebrations in Taipei County over the weekend.
		One Thai worker was hacked to death in a brawl at a Karaoke in Chungho City around dawn yesterday.
		The brawl was believed to be triggered by rival suitors for a woman during the celebrations for the Thai New Year.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/local/archives/2001/04/17/82021/wiki (409 words)

	Soaking start to Thai New Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Only once a year will you see water gun-totting mothers running around in army print cargo pants as the normally quiet temple grounds was turned into a ‘battlefield' of sorts.
		Songkran, or “the beginning of a new solar year” in Sanskrit, is a three-day festival celebrated from April 13 to April 15 by Buddhists in Thailand to mark the beginning of their New Year.
		Thai consul-general Pruedti-pong Kulthanan said he had travelled to many countries as a diplomat but nowhere was as unique as Penang.
	thestar.com.my /news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/20/north/13975690&sec=North (600 words)

	A Wet Hot Summer: The Thai New Year Celebration: ThingsAsian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Like the thousands of other Thai children that filled the streets during the Thai New Year celebration of Songkran, Gun carried a water pump under one arm and a bucket under the other, prepared to soak anyone in his path.
		Thai children crowded around public faucets to refill their weapons, many adding chunks of ice to their water to give us a little extra shock.
		That the Thai New Year falls during the height of the hot season, which by no coincidence is the low season for tourism, has helped keep Songkran a predominantly "Thai" celebration.
	www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/2091 (1612 words)

	New Year in Thailand,Songkran Celebrations,New Year's Eve in Thailand,Songkran Festival in Thailand
		New Year in Thailand,Songkran Celebrations,New Year's Eve in Thailand,Songkran Festival in Thailand
		The date of Thai New Year was set according to the astrological calculations.
		Thais dress up in new attires to welcome the New Year in a fresh manner.
	www.newyearfestival.com /new-year-in-thailand.html (469 words)

	Chinese New Year: Beijing Celebrates Chinese New Year; Firecrackers For Chinese New Year In Dalian.
		The Chinese New Year 'cake' was nothing like a UK Christmas cake filled with nuts and fruit and coated with white sugar icing, but probably took just as long to prepare.
		On the eve of the Chinese New Year, 'Jiaozi', is one of the traditional foods eaten.
		The Chinese New Year dates are determined by the lunisolar Chinese calendar, which is also used in countries that have adopted or have been influenced by Han culture, notably the Koreans, the Japanese, the Filipinos, the Tibetans, the Thai, the Vietnamese and the pagan Bulgars.
	beifan.com /023newyr/23newyear-page01.html (1452 words)

	Thai Calendar > New year's eve tradition
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		Thai police also made many controls as casualties are numerous due to alcohol abuses.
		In the New Year period 2002/2003, a total of 514 people lost their lives and 29,485 were injured in road accidents around the country.
	www.thaiworldview.com /feast/eve.htm (369 words)

	Songkran Thailand New Year 2007 by Mr. David Miller - Thailand Travel Guide
		Thai people are recognized by their traditional culture as during the festival they gently pour the water on Buddha images and the monks then gently pouring the water on elders and receives the best wishes from them.
		Very first New Year is celebrated on January 1, as a western New Year and in the February as a Chinese New Year and Thailand’s New Year commence in April and celebrated as a Songkran day.
		People thoroughly clean their house and wear the traditional clothes to welcoming the New Year and then go to visit the Buddha temple in Chiang Mai because the place has many Buddha temples that is why many people like to celebrate the Songkran in Chiang Mai.
	www.excelloz.com /Travel_guide/Thailand/Songkran_Thailand_New_Year_2007.html (965 words)

	The Songkran Festival
		Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or "change place" as it is the day when the sun changes its position in the zodiac.
		The value for family is to provide the opportunity for family members to gather in order to express their respects to the elders by pouring scented water onto the hands of their parents and grandparents and to present them gifts including making merits to dedicate the result to their ancestors.
		Thais value the religion bye means of merits acquisition, offerings alms to monks, Dhamma Practice, listening to sermon and monks-bathing.
	sunsite.au.ac.th /thailand/special_event/songkran (417 words)

	Thaiways : Songkran Festival
		That is because April 13 is the traditional Thai New Year's Day, which is celebrated by the Thai people throughout the country from the old to the young and from the royalty to the ordinary people.
		The Thais, who began their cultural relations with the Indians even before their recorded history, readily inherited this tradition partly because they were free from farm work during this period.
		The reason is that the Thais in olden times held that water was a pure thing which was able to wash all kinds of evil and misfortune away and bring good luck and happiness with it.
	www.thaiwaysmagazine.com /thai_article/2101_songkran_festival/songkran_festival.html (1545 words)

	Thai government blames opponents for New Year's Eve bombings - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The bombings, which injured nine foreigners, capped a year of unrest in Thailand, including a military coup in September that ousted Thaksin and an increasingly violent Muslim insurgency in the south.
		Several analysts noted that the military itself was a possible suspect, aiming to demonize the former prime minister and excuse the continuation of martial law, imposed during the September takeover.
		Thai policemen inspect the damage caused from one of nine bombs that exploded in Bangkok on New Year's Eve.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-12-31-thailand-bomb_x.htm (634 words)

	Thai Rung Union to launch four new modified vehicles
		With 39 years of expertise in the assembly of modified vehicles, Thai Rung Union Car has adjusted its business plan to tap a new market by preparing four new modified vehicles next year.
		Sompong said the company's sales of modified vehicles this year would fall short of the target of 3,000 units predicted early in the year.
		In addition, Thai Rung is preparing to expand its auto-parts production line due to the dramatic growth of Thai vehicle exports.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/11/04/business/business_30018024.php (308 words)

	Ayutthaya Songkran Festival - Thailand Grand Festival
		The Songkran or Thai New Year festivities will feature the ancient customs and traditions of Songkran that have been observed through the centuries.
		This traditional Thai custom of merry-making is the Kingdom's most 'sanuk' (fun-filled) festival, celebrated with tremendous enthusiasm, nation-wide, once a year.
		Known the world-over for its characteristic tradition of water-throwing ranging from a courteous sprinkle or a polite splash, to harmless water pistols and showers from garden hoses to the well-aimed bucket or water-cannon delivered in a festive spirit.
	www.thailandgrandfestival.com /festival.asp?festID=427 (472 words)

	Thai-Friends - Songkan, Thai new Year - About Thailand - Articles
		The Thai New Year (Thai: สงกรานต์ Songkran) is celebrated every year on 13 April to 15 April.
		Until 1888 the Thai New Year was the beginning of the year in Thailand; thereafter 1 April was used until 1940.
		In recent years there have been calls to moderate the festival as there are many road accidents and injuries attributed to some extreme behavior - water being thrown in the faces of travelling motorcyclists and elephant riding elders.
	www.thai-friends.com /modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=19 (848 words)

	Thailand Travel News
		Thai Airways is the national carrier of the Kingdom of Thailand.
		Thai budget airline, Nok Air is to launch its first international flight with flights between Bangkok and Bangalore in India.
		Thai Airways International and Amadeus are co-sponsoring this years French Cultural Festival (La Fête 2007) to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in June.
	thailand.news-travel.info (1327 words)

	Channelnewsasia.com
		Dealers said the New Year's Eve blasts that killed three and wounded 38 raised new fears about Thailand's security and added to doubts about the post-coup government.
		Adisak Kammnool, senior stock analyst at KGI Securities, said foreign investors dumped Thai shares on worries over the impact of the bombings on the economy, rather than in view of the political uncertainties they raise.
		The Thai baht weakened slightly, trading at 36.15 to one dollar, against 36.05 at the close of trade on Friday, dealers said.
	www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/250378/1/.html (486 words)

	Search, Headhunting and Executive Recruitment in Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Your priority task is to build a new Supply Chain team by merging several smaller departments into one effective team of about 5-6 people.
		The challenge is to build an effective flow where the raw material is always available for the production just-in-time; to ensure the materials are stocked correctly in the warehouse and registered in the MRP system, and that finished goods leave the warehouse within 7 days.
		To assist with the expansion within supply chain management, a planned new logistics and distribution centre in Thailand as well as more sourcing from Asian countries the client is now looking to hire a Supply Chain Manager.
	www.gt-thai.com /executive-recruit1.html (2925 words)

	Thai New Year Celebration
		April 13 marks the Thai New Year, known as Songkran, one of the most important and celebrated holidays in the country.
		The origins of Thai New Year combine Buddhist belief, ancient astrology, and the solar calendar.
		The third day is New Year's Day (Wan Payawan), celebrated by visiting the temple, presenting food and clothing to the monks, bathing the Buddha image with jasmine-scented water, and taking part in one of the many rituals believed to bring good luck.
	www.apgf.org /social-april07.htm (433 words)

	Terror blasts mar Thai new year - London News
		A series of bombs have been detonated in Thailand's southern provinces, with the country seeing in the lunar new year with the death of three people.
		Almost 2,000 people have been killed in the three years since an insurgency was declared in the south-east Asian country's mainly Muslim south.
		Three people died when a series of linked blasts hit the capital on the western calendar new year, although leaders attributed the bombs to political opponents of last year's military coup.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /Terror_blasts_mar_Thai_new_year_18064608.html (218 words)

	Thai Festival Blogs - New Year
		In the early hours of this morning, which is the first day of the new year, hundreds of local people from Paknam headed towards the city pillar shrine in order to make merit.
		This is the Thai way of welcoming in the new year.
		While many people were still nursing hangovers from the New Year’s party the night before, devoted Buddhists made merit by presenting food and flowers to the monks.
	www.phuketguidebook.com /thaifestivalblogs/content/blogcategory/24/39 (124 words)

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