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13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai novices file past the Bangkok City Hall building and a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, during a Songkran merit making ceremony at City Hall. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year's Festival. It is held April 13-16. Many Thais mark the holiday by going to temples and making merit by giving extra alms to monks or offering extra prayers. They also mark Songkran with joyous water fights. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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13 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai novices file past the Bangkok City Hall building and a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, during a Songkran merit making ceremony at City Hall. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year's Festival. It is held April 13-16. Many Thais mark the holiday by going to temples and making merit by giving extra alms to monks or offering extra prayers. They also mark Songkran with joyous water fights. Songkran has been a national holiday since 1940, when Thailand moved the first day of the year to January 1. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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