Myanmar, Thailand, Laos I Cambodia slave dolazak Nove Godine prema tradicionalnom lunarnom kalendaru.
Zemlje jugoistoka Azije slave Novu Godinu festivalom vode
![Mahouts paint an elephant ahead of the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e50bf810-9ac3-4271-b107-1a6175a9d979_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mahouts paint an elephant ahead of the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, April 11, 2016.
![A schoolgirl is soaked with water thrown by an elephant in a preview of the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 11 April 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/28948ab4-90ef-446d-80e8-bc4f302015b4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A schoolgirl is soaked with water thrown by an elephant in a preview of the upcoming Songkran Festival celebration, the Thai traditional New Year, also known as the water festival in the ancient world heritage city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, 11 April 2016.
![Thai vendors stand near water pistols as they wait for customers in Bangkok, Thailand, April 10, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/93d96985-24ac-4ec7-96e3-3824be8e5ec5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thai vendors stand near water pistols as they wait for customers in Bangkok, Thailand, April 10, 2016.