Less water wars more Thai culture – influence of Thai historical drama should be focus in Pattaya, says authority
Less water wars more Thai culture
“Buppasaniwas” fever is set to be all the rage in Pattaya for the upcoming Songkran celebration, at least according to Pattaya City Hall.
The local authority is jumping on the bandwagon of the most popular drama in years to encourage tourists to dress in historical costumes to help showcase and celebrate Thai culture.
Everyone in Thailand is watching the Channel 3 drama.
The message from spokesman Pinit Maneerat was “let’s focus on traditional Thai Songkran rather than water wars”.
Sophon Cable TV said in an article on Facebook that visitors were being encouraged to dress in Thai costumes from yesteryear for the “Wan Lai” celebrations in Pattaya on April 18th and 19th.
The 18th will see the celebration kick off at 8.30am. Ninety nine monks will be in attendance as tourists will be encouraged to wet the hands of elders and bathe Buddhist images – traditional niceties at Songkran.
The authority warned of road closures throughout the celebration.
On the same subject, the following was released recently.
Songkran revelers will be allowed to ride on the back of a pickup truck, but will not be allowed to splash water from the truck on main roads as part of the Royal Thai Police’s safety measure guideline to be applied nationwide during Songkran festival.
RTP spokesman Pol Gen Veerachai Songmetta said Tuesday that said the guideline had been distributed to all police units nationwide for implementation, with main focus on safe traveling, convenience in traveling and the opening up of road space to facilitate traveling.
Although riding on the back of a pickup truck is permissible, he said police on the spot could exercise their discretion to give a warning or to take legal action if they find the conduct of the revelers or the driver may pose a threat to their own safety or the safety of the other people.
Source – Sophon Cable
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