Yaya Urassaya as Kimita Devi in Songkran Festival 🇹🇭

Yaya Urassaya in the Thai Ancient Traditional Costume Representing 'KIMITA DEVI' Thai Songkran Lady of the Year 2023

 

Songkran is the Thai new year festival during 13th to 15th April every year. There are seven Songkran ladies depending on the day of Maha Songkran. In 2023, Maha Songkran Day was Friday. Therefore, Songkran lady of this day was 'Kimita Devi'.

 

Special character of 'Kimita Devi'

- Flower: Water Lily

- Jewelry stone: Topaz

- Food: Banana

- Right hand: Sword

- Left hand: Lute

- Conveyance: Buffalo

 

Songkran is well known to people around the world as the festival of Thailand and has a strong influence to the neighbour country Cambodia. Cambodians recently copied and changed the name of their similar festival 'Choul Chnam Thmey' to 'Songkran' in 2020s to make it sounds like Thailand and also created seven Songkran ladies with the same look of Songkran ladies of Thailand.