Thailand held a country-wide water fight, in spite of drought
 

Thailand held a country-wide water fight, in spite of drought
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Thailand's Songkran festival brought thousands of locals and tourists to the streets for one of the world's biggest water fights during the hottest month of the year. The three-day festival, in which dousing each other with water symbolizes the washing away one's misfortune, has come under scrutiny due to a national water shortage.

The National News Bureau of Thailand reported that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration decided to cut the original four day festival to only three days, and put a 9 P.M. curfew on water play.

In spite of the new restrictions, many people and even government officials are downplaying the dry spell Read more...

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