GET ready to play in the water of joy and get wet all over!
That's what the Dai people in Yunnan are doing. In mid-April it's their Water-Splashing Festival. People splash water on each other.
Why? It's for their very own new year. The water washes away the dirty things of the old year and brings happiness for the new one!
One story tells us how this began.Long,long ago,there lived a b_____king.No one liked him,but they couldn't kill him.He was not afraid of anything.He had seven wives.The youngest was c____.
One day she killed him with his hair around his neck.As soon as his head fell on the ground,a big fire began.The wives took turns to hold the head to stop the fire.Others splashed water on the wife holding the head to help wash her!At the f______,Dai people also have dragon boat racing,d____,and game playing.