BANGKOK (Reuters): Thailand's Covid-19 task force said on Friday (March 19) it will ban for a second year the street water fights that usually take place during celebrations for the upcoming Thai New Year due to the pandemic.
The Songkran festival takes place from April 13 to 15 and in a normal year crowds pack the streets, spraying water guns or flinging water from pick-up trucks in what has been described as the world's biggest water fight.
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