Songkran Sandcastles

Pop, Grade 11, on the right and Karla, Grade 4 on the left were dressed in Thai traditional costume for the APIS Thai Cultural Day.

 

Today at APIS we celebrated Thai New Year, or Songkran.  The celebration was two weeks late, as Songkran was 13-15 April, typical APIS, but we had fun and I was able to miss a double period of Year 9 Science - always a good thing.

The play ground was decorated with colored banners and umbrellas, the portable sound system was pumping out some Thai tunes, fun for all.  The photo also shows one of the flame trees in the school grounds which are putting on a spectacular show at the moment.

A part of welcoming the New Year at Song Kran is  to build sandcastles.  This is usually in the grounds of a temple and it is seen as a way of returning sand to the temple that has been taken away by visitors throughout the year.

Im, Grade 6, sorts through the flowers to be used for decorating the sandcastles.  The vibrant orange of the marigolds was beautiful.

 Pon, Jay and Yu, all Grade 12, (my advisory group) begin work on what was to become the best sandcastle of the day.