The Water-Splashing

Festival -泼水节

Water-Splashing Festival

1. It is a traditional festival for the Dai people in Yunnan Province.

泼水节是云南傣族东说念主民的传统节日。

2. It is held during the sixth month of the Dai calendar.

傣族东说念主民在傣族日期的六月份庆祝泼水节。

3. It lasts three or four days.

泼水节抓续三到四天。

4. During

the festival, the door of every house is decorated with multicolored pieces of

paper.

节日技巧，傣族东说念主民用各式各种心思的纸遮挡房门。

5. All the villagers are dressed in their holiday clothing.

所有村民齐穿上他们的节日服装。

6. Sheep and cows are killed for feasting.

屠宰羊牛，准备盛宴。feast -a large or special meal for a lot of people

to celebrate something盛宴，大餐，宴集

7. A variety of entertainments are organized.

组织各式各种的文娱举止。

比如singing and dancing唱跳, fireworks displays烟花扮演，boat racing荡舟比赛，exhibiting Kongming lanterns展示孔明灯，parades and fairs游行和贯串等。

8. Water is a symbol of goodness and purity.

水是和蔼与皑皑的艳丽。

9. During

the festival, men and women gather in public squares, armed with buckets of

water or carrying water guns to wet each other in wishes for good luck and a

happy new year.

节日技巧，男男女女在广场贯串，全副武装上一桶桶水或佩戴水枪把互相弄湿，祝福好运和烦闷的新年。wet这里是动词用，to make something wet把……弄湿。

10. At night,

music accompanied by drumbeats echoes throughout the villages.

晚上，音乐伴跟着饱读声在通盘村子震荡。

accompany陪伴，陪同

strong winds

accompanied by heavy rain摇风夹着暴雨

echo震荡，回响

The gunshot

echoed through the forest.

枪炮声在林中震荡。

11. It is

a cultural bridge between Yunnan province and Southeast Asian countries that

share the same festive culture of water-splashing.

泼水节是云南省与东南亚国度中不异领有泼水节日文化的国度之间的文化桥梁开彩彩票网。