Tourists celebrate Buddhist New Year in Thailand

12 April 2017 1:11 PM IST

Locals in Thailand celebrate the Buddhist New Year of Songkran by entertaining tourists with water sprays from elephants. (Photo: AP)
Mahouts and their elephants take part in the Buddhist New Year festival Songkran. (Photo: AP)
Elephants greet tourist with a splash of water in Thailand ahead of the Buddhist New Year. (Photo: AP)
Tourists take part in New Year celebrations in Thailand on the eve of Songkran. (Photo: AP)
A tourist kisses an elephant after she painted the elephant ahead of Songkran. (Photo: AP)
Elephants blow water on tourists taking part in the Songkran celebrations. (Photo: AP)
With assist from its mahouts, elephants blow water from its trunk to tourists on motor-tricycle or Tuk Tuk, ahead of the Buddhist New Year. (Photo: AP)
Tourists splash water to an elephant, ahead of the Buddhist New Year, known as Songkran, in Ayutthaya province, central Thailand. (Photo: AP)

Locals in Thailand celebrate the Buddhist New Year of Songkran by entertaining tourists with water sprays from elephants. (Photo: AP)