No Songkran Celebrations on Khao San Road This Year

BANGKOK, April 3 (TNA) -- Operators on Khao San road in Bangkok agree to suspend their Songkran festival celebrations this year to pave the way for coronation-related ceremonies. Piyabut Jiwaramonaikul, president of the Khao San Road Business Association, said local operators made the decision because there would be grand ceremonies related to the coronation of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn in the vicinities on the historical Rattanakosin Island area. The landscapes of the areas would be improved for the ceremonies, he said. “2019 is the greatly auspicious year of all Thai citizens. There will be ceremonies for the coronation of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. The Thai government has planned the ceremonies and their routes grandly,” Mr Piyabut said. Normally operators on Khao San Road and government agencies organized traditional and entertainment activities on the road during the Songkran Thai New Year festival and such activities had continued for more than four decades, he said. (TNA)