Which country's festival is the Songkran Festival? Songkran Festival is a traditional festival of Yi people in Yunnan, Thailand and even Southeast Asia. The whole Songkran Festival lasts for several days and is celebrated almost every day.
On the days of the Water-splashing Festival, they will splash clean water on each other. The purpose is to eliminate one year's bad luck. It usually lasts from three days to a week. The Songkran Festival originated in India and was later used by Buddhism. It was introduced into Yunnan through Myanmar.
With the in-depth development of Buddhism, the Songkran Festival has had a great influence on the Dai people. Therefore, the Songkran Festival has been handed down in Yunnan. Today, it has developed for hundreds of years. In the process of splashing water, Dai people combine folk customs with myths. Make the Songkran Festival more traditional.
There is a magical devil in the legend of the Water-splashing Festival, and he will not be killed anyway. He is arrogant and bossy. He had six wives and finally robbed a beautiful wife in this area. On the Spring Festival, the devil was drunk by his beautiful wife. The devil's hair was pulled out one by one, and finally his head fell to the ground.
Every drop of blood turns into fire, and the fire burns like this. As long as you pick up the devil's head, the fire on the ground can be extinguished. So the seven wives took turns to hold the devil's head, fearing that the fire would be too big, and finally the devil's blood dried up. The devil's head is no longer on fire. In order to wash away the blood and fatigue of so many days, they washed each other with water and lived a happy life with satisfied smiles. Later, people remembered them. In the new year, splashing water will bring good luck.
The Songkran Festival originated in India. On the day of Songkran Festival, Dai people will put on holiday clothes and wash Buddha statues. I hope the Buddha can bless everyone, and people will also splash water on each other to express their blessings, hoping to take away the disaster and pain.
For many years, the traditional Songkran Festival has been described in this way. People carry water into the street and splash it when they see people. The more you splash, the cleaner the bad luck will be. Some use leaves to sprinkle water, and some use buckets to splash water. With laughter, with wet body, but very happy and satisfied.