Still two days officially to go, but according to the people,
Songkhran could go on for another four or five days. How, one asks, do they go on getting wet and wetting others for so many days? My thoughts are related to the origin of
Songkhran and the fun-loving nature of the Thai people.
The photo below shows the sacred aspect of
Songkhran, Thais gently pouring water on other Thais. The pouring of water on another is an act of bestowing a blessing. I am impressed by just how reverently Thais perform and receive this blessing of
Songkhran.
In the next photo, we see the fun-loving nature of the Thai people. They call in
sanuk. They give themselves entirely over to the spirit of play. To me it's as if the sacred breaks out into play. Or perhaps it's that the true nature of the sacred is play.
Western culture tends to separate the sacred and the profane, as it tends to separate nature and humans, or body and soul. Here I experience daily the oneness of all at its most fundamental level.
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