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Water fights, magical decapitated heads and family reunions – the Southeast Asian festival of Songkran has it all

  • Written by Andrew Alan Johnson, Visiting Scholar of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Water fights, magical decapitated heads and family reunions – the Southeast Asian festival of Songkran has it allPeople celebrating the Songkran Festival in Luang Prabang, Laos, in April 2021.Xinhua/Kaikeo Saiyasane via Getty Images

In many countries in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, the arrival of spring also marks the beginning of the new year. Songkran (สงกรานต์), as the...

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