LIFE

Making a splash in Chiang Mai

B Magazine, Suthachai Yimprasert, Published on 09/04/2017

» Many people think of Songkran as the Thai New Year, but they may be confused as to why it falls in the fifth month rather than the first, which according to the Thai lunar calendar would be about December. It seems illogical: if the calendar year is a 12-month cycle, the starting point should be the first month.