Water-Sprinkling Festival
watersprinkling festival watersplashing festival simplified chinese 泼水节 traditional chinese 潑水節 pinyin pōshuǐ jié major traditional festival dai ethnic group marking new year dai ethnic minority china primarily live xishuangbanna dai autonomous prefecture dehong dai jingpo autonomous prefecture southern yunnan predominant religion theravada buddhism festival occurs th month dai calendar usually corresponds midapril gregorian calendar additionally known festival bathing buddha typically last three day first day variety activity dragon boat race held lancang river setting dai rocket 放高升 cultural artistic performance carried second day watersplashing activity enjoyed third final day also coincides new year day people dress traditional garb visit temple watersplashing activity carried afternoon firstly woman would clean statue buddha water obtain blessing thereafter individual splash water symbolise good fortune also cleansing illness disaster furthermore men woman take part activity exchange small gift losing item believed bring good luck list festival china songkran water festival list buddhist festival