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Song Nam Phra during Songkran

Posted on April 23, 2009

One of the more traditional events that took place during Songkran recently was ” song nam phra “. This is the practice of bathing Buddha images with rose scented water. Most tourists, and even some Thai teenagers, seem to think that Songkran is only about throwing water at each other. However, it was originally more a bathing of…

Written by: Richard Barrow

Read more: Song Nam Phra during Songkran at Richard Barrow’s Life in Thailand

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