Nowadays the focus of Songkran has become the wholesale water play throughout the four days of the event. It is a wet and wild Songkran water throwing. Inside the city limits water play is restricted to the official days of the festival, but rural children dowse unwary motorcycle riders at country road intersections for as long as two weeks in the days surrounding the festival.
The gentle customs of former times have changed, or even gone ballistic in the present day Songkran festival. Come on get into the spirit of things. Get wet, "keep a cool heart" as the Thai say, and enjoy one of Thailand's more frenetic, fun festivals.