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Would you like to splash (泼洒) water on your friends on a hot summer day? Water Festival is celebrated in different places in the world. Let’s take a look at how some Asian countries celebrate the holiday.

In China, Water Festival is a big holiday and is usually celebrated by some minority groups (少数民族). During the festival, they have a few days off from work. People usually wear traditional clothes and take part in different activities, such as singing, dancing, splashing water and setting off fireworks.

Thailand’s Water Festival marks the beginning of its New Year. It is one of the largest water celebrations in the world. More than one million visitors take part in this festival every year. People play happily with elephants in the water.

In India, the tradition of celebrating water came from the following story. A wise man asked a clever boy when the honour of men would appear. The boy answered that it appeared on the face in the morning, on the chest at noon and on the feet at night. So, Indian people wash these body parts during their Water Festival to wash away their bad luck.