Thai New Year menu By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

Each year, April 13 to 15 is the Thai New Year, or Songkran. Celebrate with our menu of six signature Thai dishes.

Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden

Songkran - the Thai New Year - has a long history and is celebrated in Thailand, the Thai homeland of Sipsong Panna in southwestern China, in Laos and in northern Burma. Songkran celebrates the passing of the sun from Taurus into Aries, which marks the beginning of a new astrological year.

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