songkran falls in the middle of the fifth Lunar month (April) when the sun is in arise, which is hottest time of the year in thailand. Before the approach of songkran ,people clean their houses in order to start a new year with a clean slate.On songkran Day,people wear new clothes and go to local temples to make merit by offering food to the monks and building sand
pagodas of bringing sand into the temples so that it can be conveniently used for repairs.