… takes place every year in Thailand from April 13th-15th during the Thai New Year, more commonly known as Songkran.

Though the Guinness Book of World Records obviously hasn’t certified this fact, an estimated 60 million people (well, the population of Thailand, give or take a few million, plus many foreigners) throw and splash water at each other over this three-day period which celebrates the arrival of the new lunar year. Read the rest of this entry »