{"id":19597,"date":"2026-04-01T20:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/?p=19597"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:56:16","slug":"ano-novo-tailandes-songkram-domingo-dia-11-de-abril","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/2026\/04\/01\/ano-novo-tailandes-songkram-domingo-dia-11-de-abril\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai and Singale New Year \u2013 Songkran \u2013 Saturday 11 April"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" colspan=\"3;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16484 size-fusion-400\" src=\"http:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Songkran-fest-768x512-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As in Western New Year celebrations, Songkran also has the idea and purpose to reflect and leave behind the past, renewing the energies and determinations for the new year.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The festivities start at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At 9.30 a.m. the monastic community will make the traditional Songs of Protection \u2013 Paritta, at which time visitors will also be able to make the request of the Five Precepts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then, at 10am, the Rice Offer Ceremony and the meal of the day will take place. (You can bring a dish to share.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After the Meal, around 12 noon, the traditional Water Ceremony will take place, in which everyone can participate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Everyone is Welcome<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\">\u2666\u25ca\u2666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As in Western New Year celebrations, in Songkran there is also the intention of reflecting,<\/p>\n<p>leaving the past behind, renewing techniques and asserting determinations for the new year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The festivities will begin at 9 a.m<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At 9:30 am, the monastic community will perform the traditional Chants of Protection \u2013 Paritta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The visitors can ask for the Five Precepts at this time<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then, at 10 am, the Rice Offering Ceremony and the main meal of the day will take place. (you can bring a dish to share)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After the meal, around 12:00, the traditional Water Pouring Ceremony will take place<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">All are welcome<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" colspan=\"3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As in the Western New Year celebrations, on Songkran [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19597"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19603,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19597\/revisions\/19603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}