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Tag / Songkran

  • Surachai Saengsuwan poses in a bathtub for Songkran

    Songkran through a queer lens – in conversation with photographer Surachai Saengsuwan

    As Thailand prepares to ring in the New Year with its annual Songkran celebrations, we speak with photographer, creative director and Drag Race Thailand special…

  • Songkran in Bangkok. Photography courtesy of gCircuit Songkran.

    Songkran in Bangkok – an LGBTQ+ guide to Thailand’s wettest festival

    It’s almost that time of year again – when your Instagram feed floods with back-to-back scenes of hunks and bombshells in wet shirts, packed like…

  • A Buddha statue is purified during Songkran in Thailand

    Songkran in Thailand – the ultimate guide to understanding the Kingdom’s New Year’s Celebrations

    Among the world’s most fun and exuberant New Year’s celebrations, Songkran in Thailand is a festival for the senses and an experience to make memories…

  • Gay couple en route to a party in Bangkok, Thailand

    Songkran 2021: where to party and what to do when things are back to normal next year

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of gCircuit’s annual Songkran festival! We’re of course talking about the biggest gay rave in…

  • gCircuit Songkran 2020, Bangkok, Thailand

    gCircuit Songkran 2020 is coming to town!

    *Editor’s note, March 2020: G-Circuit 2020 has been postponed. For the most up to date information, please visit their website at www.gcircuit.com The show must…

  • 5 ways to celebrate Songkran in Thailand

    January 1st now seems like a date in the distant past, but in Thailand, a new year is just about to begin. ‘Songkran’ as its…

  • Top 3 provinces to visit during Songkran

    Happy Thai New Year, each year around April. Songkran is the Thai celebration of the passing year, and the festivities extend out for days. Traditionally,…

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