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Image: A girl aims a water pistol at the camera during Songkran

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In Thailand and Myanmar, Revelers Splash Their Way Into the New Year

Water guns, foam and powder help wash away last year's sins at Thailand's Songkran and Myanmar's Thingyan water festivals.

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Image: Revelers take part in a water fight at Songkran Festival celebrations in Bangkok

Revelers participate in a water fight at Songkran festival celebrations in Bangkok on April 13, 2017. During Thailand's most important holiday and one of its biggest tourist attractions, Thais and tourists alike take part in boisterous street water fights armed with water pistols and buckets.

— Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
Image: Revelers swim in a pool during the Thingyan water festival in Yangon

Revelers swim in a pool in Yangon, Myanmar on April 14. 

— Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
Image: Revelers participate in a water fight at Songkran Festival

Revelers participate in a water fight in Bangkok on April 14.

— Jorge Silva / Reuters
Image: A girl aims a water pistol at the camera during Songkran

A girl aims a water pistol at the camera in Bangkok on April 13. The Songkran festival is often referred to as the world's biggest water fight.

— Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Revelers dance in foam during the annual Songkran celebration in Bangkok

Revelers dance during a foam party in Bangkok on April 14.

 

— Rungroj Yongrit / EPA
Image: A boy rubs powder on the face of a soldier during Songkran

A boy rubs powder on a soldier's face in the restive southern Thai province of Narathiwat on April 13.

Songkran is celebrated by splashing water and putting powder on faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the past year's sins.

— Madaree Tohlala / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Revelers hose down the crowd

Revelers hose down the crowd in Yangon on April 14.

— Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
Image: Policemen watch as a woman is sprayed with water

Policemen watch as a woman is sprayed with water in Bangkok on April 13.

— Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A woman laughs as she gets soaked in water in Bangkok

A woman laughs as she gets soaked in water in Bangkok on April 14.

— Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP - Getty Images
Image: An elephant sprays tourists with water

An elephant sprays tourists with water in Ayutthaya province, Thailand on April 11.

— Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters
Image: Thai and foreign revelers battle with water guns

Thai and foreign revelers battle with water guns on Khaosan Road, a tourist spot in Bangkok on April 12.

— Rungroj Yongrit / EPA
Image: Revelers dance to music as they are sprayed with water

Revelers dance to music as they are sprayed with water in Yangon on April 14. 

— Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images
Image: A reveler holds up a child in Yangon

A reveler holds up a child in Yangon on April 14. 

— Ye Aung Thu / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Children are ferried on the back of a tricycle after being soaked with water

Children are ferried on the back of a tricycle after being soaked with water in Yangon on April 14. 

PHOTOS: Myanmar Punks Celebrate Eve of Thingyan Water Festival

— Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images
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