Videos of a priest blessing parishioners with Holy Water in a nontraditional way have caught the attention of the online community—and even made it to ...

Southwest China's Yunnan province is in celebratory mode this month with the arrival of the traditional Water-Splashing Festival, which is a new year celebration that is especially important to ...

The water-splashing festival is regarded as one of the most important festivals of ethnic groups in Southwest China. During the festival, water is considered an auspicious symbol and people splash ...

Every April, people across Thailand celebrate Songkran, the traditional Thai New Year festival. During the weekend-long water festival, tourists and locals gather in the streets to take part in ...

The UNESCO-listed Songkran festival, also known as the traditional Thai New Year, typically takes place from April 13 to 15 and features family reunions, merit-making, and water splashing which ...

THE Department of Energy (DoE) has raised concerns over the delays in bringing Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) 1,200-megawatt (MW) Batangas gas-fired power plant to its full capacity. In a virtual ...

Some sprayed water from the back of pickup trunks, and everyone expected to get soaked as the Songkran festival got underway. "Today I came well-prepared. I have my weapons – four (water) guns.

Mataasnakahoy town Vice Mayor and Batangas gubernatorial candidate Jay Manalo Ilagan has clarified that he meant no offense to his opponent in a lengthy interview that went viral. Ilagan explained ...

BANGKOK — Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai New Year on Sunday (April 13), a festival that is marked with water as a ...

A man reacts as water is splashed on him during the Songkran water festival to celebrate the Thai New Year, 13 April, 2025 Katy Perry takes last-minute astronaut lessons before rocket to space ...

Several Southeast Asian countries marked their annual water festival holiday with traditional and spirited water-based celebrations. The holiday blends fun-filled water fights with cultural ...