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People and Pachyderms Revel With a Splash Ahead of Thai New Year

People and elephants splash water at each other during celebrations ahead of the Thai New Year in Ayutthaya province on Wednesday.
Image: A Thai girl splashes water at an elephant as people celebrate ahead of the Songkran Festival for the Thai New Year in Ayutthaya
A Thai girl splashes water at an elephant as people celebrate ahead of the Songkran Festival for the Thai New Year in Ayutthaya province on April 9, 2014. Songkran is the Thai New Year, which this year starts on April 13, when people celebrate in various ways, including splashing water at each other. PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL / AFP - Getty Images

A Thai girl splashes water at an elephant as people celebrate ahead of the Songkran Festival for the traditional Thai New Year in Ayutthaya province on Wednesday.

The annual elephant Songkran Water Festival is held to promote the tourism industry prior to the three-day Songkran Festival, held from April 13-15, and is celebrated with splashing water and putting powder on each other's faces as a symbolic sign of cleansing and washing away the sins from the old year.

Image: A Thai elephant spray water at tourists to celebrate Songkran festival
Tourists get sprayed with water by elephants ahead of the Songkran Festival celebration in Ayutthaya, Thailand, on April 9.RUNGROJ YONGRIT / EPA

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