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Forget the drought, Thailand’s national water fight is on

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In this April 10, 2016 photo, a Thai vendor arranges water pistol in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s military government is putting a dampener on the annual nationwide water fight. Despite Thailand’s worst drought in 20 years, the junta says it has no intention of limiting the virtually around-the-clock water throwing that defines the three-day Songkran festival. Instead, it has decided to impose morality measures. Among them, women who show too much skin in wet skimpy attire, or dance too provocatively at raucous street parties could face arrest. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

In this April 10, 2016 photo, a Thai vendor arranges water pistol in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand’s military government is putting a dampener on the annual nationwide water fight. Despite Thailand’s worst drought in 20 years, the junta says it has no intention of limiting the virtually around-the-clock water throwing that defines the three-day Songkran festival. Instead, it has decided to impose morality measures. Among them, women who show too much skin in wet skimpy attire, or dance too provocatively at raucous street parties could face arrest. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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