| observedby = [[Thai people|Thais]], [[Thai people|Thais]], [[Burmese people|Burmese]], [[Cambodian people|Cambodian]], [[Dai people|Dais]], [[Lao people|Laotians]], [[Bangladeshis]] (CHT), [[Sinhalese people|Sri Lankans]], [[Tai Dam people|Tai Dam]] and certain ethnic groups of [[northeast India]]
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'''Songkran''' is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional [[new year]] for the [[Buddhist calendar]] widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in [[BangladeshThailand]], [[CambodiaBangladesh]], [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[ThailandCambodia]], parts of [[northeast India]], parts of [[Vietnam]], and [[Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture|Xishuangbanna]], [[China]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opentimes.cn/Abstract/1223.html|title=制造传统 关于傣族泼水节及其相关新年话语的研究 |date=February 2010|accessdate=17 January 2017|publisher=Open Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/The%20Buddhist%20World%20of%20Southeast%20Asia_Swearer.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316090358/http://ahandfulofleaves.org/documents/The%20Buddhist%20World%20of%20Southeast%20Asia_Swearer.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2015|title=Donald K. Swearer The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia|website=Ahandfulofleaves.org|accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref> begins on 13 April of the year.
