This usually occurs between April 13 and 15. In Thailand, the New Year's day, called Songkran, is set on April 13. On Songkran day, people visit Buddhist temples for prayer. Large tables are set up in the temples for offerings, and people bring rice, meat and fruits for the monks. In the afternoon is the purification ceremony, in which people purify the Buddha's image by sprinkling it with the holy water.
Young people honor their parents by pouring scented water over their hands.
The ceremony concludes in a cheerful splashing and pouring of water indiscriminately over one another. It is believed that the more water that is poured out, the more rain that will fall to benefit farmers in the year.