It is here, and it is all being used. But water is not the only thing used. Talcum, the white powder, usually used at babies sore skin etc., is in the hands of dozens of girls and boys. The dry and the wet. In the dry variation, somebody will simply, directly from the dispenser, pour it into your hair or over your clothes.
Some talcum have a bit of a sting, with menthol or similar ingredients.
The wet variation has become increasingly popular - here, the talcum are being mixed with water, to generate a thick paste. Depending on consistency, this can be thrown or poured over the person, that the activist intend to songkran. There is absolutely no discrimination. Occasionally, a seemingly unaware tourist in his best dress with a handbag is caught in the inferno. Now, I am enjoying this event for the fourth time.