Songkran 2009, Wat Pa Buddharangsee part 2

Another favourite is the band that weaves around the crowd entertaining and infecting everyone with their joy. The band is made up of men playing various Thai instruments, but the loudest is always the drum.

They are accompanied by a group of women in colourful clothing and decorated with flowers, who dance and collect money from the audience. The money is donated to the temple.

The dancer that caught my eye is a middle aged woman in a plain purple blouse - who would have thought that wearing plain you would stand out. She did for two reasons, plain purple stands out in a blur of busy colours the other women were wearing and more importantly she really did enjoy the dancing... some might say she enjoyed it a little too much, but heck, it's new year!