This is not a separate work: it is UNESCO's own inscription record for Songkran in Thailand, the traditional Thai New Year festival, one entry in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the same continuously maintained official register this atlas also records as a general source. It descends from that register rather than standing beside it, so citing this entry alongside the general Representative List record, or alongside another of its entries, is one institutional voice, not corroboration. Its real limit is the register's own limit: an official designation record produced by the Intergovernmental Committee for the purpose of recognition and safeguarding, not a religiously neutral scholarly account of the festival's astrological or ritual meaning. Use it for this practice's inscription status, its 2023 inscription year and the Committee's own stated description of it; a claim about Songkran's deeper religious or astrological background needs a source produced outside UNESCO.
Facts
Citation
AuthorUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
PublisherUNESCO
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/songkran-in-thailand-traditional-thai-new-year-festival-01719
Source TypeHeritage body
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list's own inscription record for the festival, treated at the top tier as that primary institutional record. NotesUNESCO's own Intangible Cultural Heritage listing for Songkran, the Thai New Year festival; an official heritage record, not a scholarly historical or religious study.
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Thailand directly: "own inscription record for Songkran in Thailand, the traditional Thai New Year festival, one entry in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the same continuously..."
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Claims Backed By This Source (37 claims)
This source backs 37 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Observance Rules, 12 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected.
- Holidays & Festivals, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Calendars, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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