SONGKRAN | DAY 4 | Splashing water with elephants and Nana gets WILD! | Thailand | 4K60fps

The Songkran Festival is a traditional Thai New Year celebration from April 13th to 15th. The festival marks the end of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season.
The name "Songkran" comes from the Sanskrit word saṃkrānti, which means "astrological passage." The festival is celebrated throughout Thailand, but the biggest celebrations occur in Chiang Mai, Bangkok, and Pattaya.
00:00 Splashing water with elephants
A popular place to celebrate Songkran is in the ancient city of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. This less commercial and touristy city provides a quieter Songkran festival while concurrently, brings a unique and exciting experience by having mischievous elephants, an iconic image of Ayutthaya. These elephants are mostly found around the Tourism Authority of Thailand building, and this would be the best place to play with them. They are also given large barrels of water which they spray onlookers with.
The Songkran festival also features traditional practices and ancient customs which have been observed for centuries. The first day usually starts with Thai locals offering food and drinks to the monks at Wat Mongkon Bophit. This is then followed by an entertaining parade around the city and water fights everywhere.
While in Ayutthaya, visitors get to partake in the traditional ethnic activities like washing the Buddha using water from bamboo pipes and waking up as early as 7 am to offer alms to monks who are robed in saffron in front of the Mongkhon Bophit. All bird and fish which were locked up are also released back into the wild.
Every afternoon, during the entire festival period, water splashing takes place around the town, but especially in front of the old city hall. To get to Ayutthaya, there are buses which depart from Bangkok’s MoChit terminal every 25 minutes.
02:32 Nana gets WILD!
05:20 The end of the Songkran Festival...
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