Little flags are added on the top. These sand piles represent personal pagodas built as part of the merit-making ritual. It also represent the house of next life. The Buddha statues are carried out of the temple main chapel. During the parade the Buddha statue is settled on a car.
People throw holy water on the statue to purify it.
Clean Buddha statues S ongkran festival lasts officially three days. But it often starts one day before if the weather is very hot. All administrations and banks are closed. Most people living in Bangkok go back up-country to visit their relatives and to participate to Songkran feast.