Does Thai Celebrate Chinese New Year
It will be the Year of the Pig according to Chinese Zodiac represented.
Does thai celebrate chinese new year. Every year is represented by a zodiac animal sign. January 1st for the Western New Year February for Chinese New Year and the Songkran or Thai New Year in April which is a three day water fight. In Thailand Chinese New Year is a public holiday in Narathiwat Pattani Yala and Satun provinces only.
Although Thailand has its own Thai New Year the Songkran festival held each April the calendar New Year of 01 January also has its great value to the Thai people. Not officially but a lot of people in Thailand do celebrate Chinese New Year. Next time when a Vietnamese point to you that Thai and Malaysians also celebrate Lunar New Year kindly remind them that those are ethnic Chinese.
The country also celebrates New Year as in December 31stJanuary 1st but Thai New Year is Songkran April 131415th. The holiday is celebrated all over Thailand especially in those areas with large populations of Chinese such as Bangkok where the citys Chinatown area is usually the scene of a large block party. It isnt a national holiday but with a Chinese population of over 7 million in the country it is widely celebrated in Thailand.
It falls somewhere from late January to mid-February on the Gregorian Calendar. China is far from the only country to ring in the New Year based on the moons cycle. The Thai New Year Festival Songkran.