Thai New Year starts on April 13. This 3 days event is called Songkran. The event is celebrated by visiting the temples, splashing water on each other and playing with elephants. Splashing water, not only, is fun in Thai hot weather on this occasion but also considered as an act of wishing good luck. [27 Shots]A child gets water splashed during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason WanichakornThais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. The water throwing and other celebrations, which takes over most Thai cities and villages, last for three days. AP / David LongstreathChildren take part in the water splashing rite during Thai New Year celebrations in Prachinburi, east of Bangkok, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. AP / Wason WanichakornThais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathA Thai model and others engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathThais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathThais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathBus passengers look on as Thais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathThais engage in battle with buckets of water and squirt guns during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathThais engage in battle with water guns in an attempt to set a world record for water splashing during Thai New Year celebrations Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Bangkok. AP / David LongstreathThais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaThai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaThai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaThai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaThai people celebrate the Songkran water festival marking the Thai new year in Khao-Yam road in Thailand's restive southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaYoung Thais play water battle games to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulForeigns and Thais play water games together to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulA foreign tourist is splashed with water by a young boy as people come out to mark the start of the Songkran festival, at a shopping mall in Bangkok on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulThais celebrate Songkran, marking the Thai New Year, by spraying each other with water in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 13, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Madaree TohlalaThai children and foreign tourists spray water on each other on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulForeign tourists play with water on Khaosan road during Songkran festival in Bangkok on April 12, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulChildren splash water to elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai LalitChildren splash water on elephants to celebrate the Songkran festival, the Thai traditional New Year from April 13 to 15, at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok Monday, April 11, 2011. AP / Sakchai LalitElephants spray water at teenagers during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulElephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulElephants spray water at foreign tourists during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai KittiwongsakulElephants spray water at children during Songkran festival in Ayutthaya province on April 11, 2011. AFP/ Getty Images / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul