Colourfully painted elephants in the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya sprayed people with water today in a water fight that has become tradition to mark the country's New Year festivities."It's indescribable, it's wonderful".
Mahouts and their elephants take part in the Buddhist New Year festival Songkran.
Residents spend these three days of the festival with fun-filled water fights and non-stop revelries. Splashing others with water confers blessing and represents cleansing and a fresh start - and coming at the hottest time of the year, it's also a welcome respite from the scorching tropical heat.
The Songkran celebration is rich with symbolic traditions. On this specific occasion, performing water pouring on Buddha statues is considered an iconic ritual for this holiday.
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"At its peak I think there were hundreds of thousands of people in Silom", city official Vallop Suwandee told AFP, referring to a downtown Bangkok district that has become a Songkran hotspot.
Various events are held as part of the festival at Benjasiri Park, Bangkok, where tourists and locals enjoy the Thai New Year.
Hordes of revellers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday for a second day of watery warfare to ring in the kingdom's traditional new year.
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