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Water-Sprinkling Festival

(150415) -- XISHUANGBANNA, April 15, 2015 () -- People celebrate the Water-Sprinkling Festival in Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2015. The water-sprinkling festival, which is also the New Year festival of the Dai people, is a traditional folk activity celebrated by people of Dai ethnic group in China and also by people in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar etc.. People sprinkle water to each other to pray for good fortune and safety during the festival. (/Li Yunsheng) (mt)