Locals and tourists sprinkle water at each other during the annual Songkran, known as the Water-Splashing Festival in Xishuangbanna in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Monday, April 16, 2007.

 

Songkran is a festival among the Dai ethnic group during which people drench each other and passersby with water, which is thought to be able to wash away bad luck. [Photo: cnsphoto]

 

(CRIENGLISH.com April 17, 2007)