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The Water Festival is the most important traditional festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province. The festival is in mid—April and it for several days. During the festival, they set up an outdoor and local people go shopping there. It is also a great place to buy interesting things. People also take part a dragon boat race on the Lancang River. At night, local people river lanterns on the river, and the river becomes very bright because of the lanterns. The Dai people think that can drive bad luck away and them good luck.
On the day, the Dai people get dressed up and take clean water to the Buddhist temple. They splash water, wishing each other good luck, happiness and . They believe the wetter one gets, the more luck he or she receives, and the he will be. Local people also invite to join in. You can splash anybody, whether he is a close friend or a stranger.
