Music group sends modesty message for Songkran

One of Thailand’s most outrageous festivals is coming up, and everyone is getting exited and ready for the few days of fun that is the Songkran Festival, the Thai New Year. Tourists that have the good fortune to experience this festival during their trip to Thailand have probably never seen anything like it, where for three solid days, everyone is being soaked by buckets of water, water balloons and the many super-soaker water guns waiting in doorways to soak any unsuspecting passers-by.

With all this water being sprayed, clothing can get, ahem, a little clingy, and according to an article in the Bangkok Post, the Thai Culture Ministry is using a popular musical group to help them promote a campaign aimed at modesty during the festival. The Girly Berry band will encourage their fellow teenagers to dress modestly in dark clothing during the festival.

In Chiang Mai, the festival makes its rounds around the city’s ancient moat, where lines of people soak each other, and the culture ministry hopes that encouraging girls not to wear revealing clothing will cut down on the aggression that has become a problem during Songkran.