Int'l communicators make wishes during water festival

A group of international communicators from the US, Russia and the Mekong countries made their wishes at a light-releasing event on April 13. The event is a highlight of the 2024 Water-splashing Festival.

Tens of thousands of tourists and residents gathered on banks of the Lancang River section, upper reach of the Mekong River, in south Yunnan’s Xishuangbanna prefecture for the water festival, or the 1386 New Year on Dai calendar.

The Water-Splashing Festival has different names in the Mekong countries. It’s Songkran Festival in Thailand, but in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, the water festival is called Pi Mai Lao, Thingyan Festival and Chaul Chnam Thmey respectively.