Songkran
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Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival, best known for its nationwide water-splashing celebrations and Buddhist merit-making rituals in mid-April.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Songkran canonical | 4 |
| Lao New Year | 3 |
| Songkran festival | 2 |
| Lanna New Year (Songkran) | 1 |
| Songkran (Lanna style) | 1 |
| Songkran Festival | 1 |
| Songkran festivities | 1 |
| Songkran in Thailand | 1 |
| Theravada Buddhist New Year | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15903201 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songkran Context triple: [Thingyan festival, relatedTo, Songkran]
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A.
Langkhon festival
Langkhon festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, music, and dance that express their ethnic identity and agrarian way of life.
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B.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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C.
Ox King Festival
The Ox King Festival is a traditional celebration of the Buyi ethnic group in China, featuring folk rituals, music, and communal festivities centered on agrarian life and cultural heritage.
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D.
Phu Day Festival
Phu Day Festival is a major Vietnamese spiritual and cultural celebration honoring the Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh with traditional rituals, processions, and folk performances.
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E.
Thao Suranari Festival
The Thao Suranari Festival is an annual cultural celebration in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, honoring the local heroine Thao Suranari with ceremonies, parades, and traditional performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Songkran Target entity description: Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year festival, best known for its nationwide water-splashing celebrations and Buddhist merit-making rituals in mid-April.
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A.
Langkhon festival
Langkhon festival is a traditional cultural celebration of the Tiwa people, marked by communal rituals, music, and dance that express their ethnic identity and agrarian way of life.
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B.
Thaipusam
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, especially observed by Tamil communities, that honors Lord Murugan (Kartikeya) through acts of devotion, penance, and elaborate processions.
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C.
Ox King Festival
The Ox King Festival is a traditional celebration of the Buyi ethnic group in China, featuring folk rituals, music, and communal festivities centered on agrarian life and cultural heritage.
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D.
Phu Day Festival
Phu Day Festival is a major Vietnamese spiritual and cultural celebration honoring the Mother Goddess Lieu Hanh with traditional rituals, processions, and folk performances.
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E.
Thao Suranari Festival
The Thao Suranari Festival is an annual cultural celebration in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, honoring the local heroine Thao Suranari with ceremonies, parades, and traditional performances.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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