Chiang Mai Songkran Festival 2016 11 April 2016 - 15 April 2016 Venue : Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province Merit making for Thai New Year 2016, parade of pretty girls on bicycles holding umbrella, Lanna Worship Ornaments Contest (Mark Soom, Mark Beng, Ton Dok Ton Phueng), Hit Hoy Pee Mai Muang (to preserve the traditional Thai New Year),worship Ceremony for Lord Buddha's Relic, Bathing Rite for Phra Srimangalajan, building sand pagoda, Rite of Phra Buddha Sihing, Mister and Miss Songkran Contest, Lanna traditional Art Contest, procession of Holy Tree Supporting Stick (Kham Salee) and Sand for the Sand Piles Building at Temple, procession for the Salutation Ornaments for the Governor of Chiang Mai.