PHOTOS

13 APR 2011

Water Fun Begins

Revellers begin celebrating the three-day water splashing Songkran festival at several spots in Bangkok. Photos by Post Photographers

 
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Water Fun Begins
Silom Road is jam-packed with Songkran revellers on Wednesday, the first day of Songkran. Photo by Weerawong Wongpreedee
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Up to 3,477 Thai and foreign revellers gather in front of CentralWorld department store near the Ratchaprasong intersection and spray water at each other for 10 minutes to break the Guinness World Record of 2,671 people in a water fight set in 2006 in Spain. Photo by Patipat Janthong
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Revellers get into the spirit of the festival on Khao San Road, a major celebration spot in the capital. Photo by Apichart Jinakul
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Tourists enjoy a water gun fight on Khao San Road. Photo by Apichart Jinakul
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A water war on Silom Road. Photo by Somchai Poomlard
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A reveller daubs the face of a young girl on Silom Road. Photo by Somchai Poomlard
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A woman daubs revellers' faces with white powder on Silom Road. Photo by Patipat Janthong
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Revellers, clad in Spider-Man and Super Ranger outfits and armed with water rifles, fire at passers by on Silom Road Photo by Somchai Poomlard
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A girl passing Soi Patpong is unable to avoid being drenched. Photo by Somchai Poomlard
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Girls take a lunch break from Songkran fun. Photo by Patipat Janthong
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A girl in the middle of a water war on Silom Road. Photo by Somchai Poomlard

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