The Bangkok Post digs into the archives to see how the water-based revelry was celebrated decades ago.
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This photo from April 13, 1961, shows a parade for Phra Buddha
Sihing — the god who guards over Chiang Mai — featuring various
decorated floats as well as some aspiring beauty queens.
Splashing buses
with buckets of
water isn't a new
phenomenon, as
evidenced in this
picture taken on
New Petchaburi
Road on April 13,
1992.
Songkran isn't just about beautiful women, as the 'Mr
Songkran' bodybuilder contest that took place at Dusit Zoo
on April 13, 1977, shows.
A procession of Songkran beauties in Chiang Mai, April 14, 1988.
Songkran ladies on their chariots make their way through Chiang Mai on April 13, 1978.
Beauty is only skin deep. This Chiang Mai grandma
takes part in a beauty contest on April 14, 1987.
A minibus passenger
takes it all in good spirit
on Ram Intra Road on
April 13, 1987.
This police patrolman is assigned to keep law and order
in Bangkok Noi, but a young woman makes sure he doesn't
miss out on the fun, on April 14, 1985.
In this picture from April 13, 1978, an over-enthusiastic
Songkran reveller at Sanam Luang is escorted by a policeman to
Chanasongkram Police Station to cool (and dry) off.
A girl's face is smothered in powder in Huai Khwang,
April 14, 1988.
Children from the Din Daeng slums have a splashing good time on April 13, 1973. photos: BANGKOK POST ARCHIVES
