Chapter 27 (1/1)
Chapter 27: Water Splashi+ng Day
On the last day of the Su Mu Zhe Festival, Pusysdeva no longer has to crouch next tothe sunrise with Rajiva has already vanished at the sound of the suona and laughter ringing in the air
double-reeded horn, a Chinese wind instrument
“Ai Qing, wake up! I have never seen any girls who like to sleep in asday of the festival”
Inoise My eyes remain closed as I try to savour the loss of a sweet dream Only in dreams can Rajiva and I can walk hand-in-hand without any fear…
“If you don’t get up, I’ to lift you up myself!”
I jerk upright immediately and run off to the washroom
We head into the streets wearing ate and my eyes turn wide at the scene before me: the street is full of water puddles, everyone’s clothes are coh, and yet nobody seems to mind
“This is…”
“Co this last day is!”
The sound of rabs my hand and pulls me to that area
A pulling cart is slowly rolling forward, carrying a couple of suona players and a large barrel of water Two youngit at people nearby, yelling: “May luck flow in and disasters flow out in the new year!”
Every house on the street has all their doors and ide open A large bucket of water is placed in front of each, and there are so water back at the cart It is hard to see the faces of the people being drenched ater since they are all wearing hter so theyTheythe water splashi+ng festival froo!
The playboy es to avoid a scoop of water, but I receive it in full, leaving h
“Coer “Let’s splash water!”
He drags me back to the residence of the State Preceptor A horse-pulling cart is already set up at the center of the courtyard, nicely decorated, and is currently carrying a barrel of water on top Pusysdeva arranges for a young man to steer the cart and two people to play the suona He then lifts me up on the cart and jumps up himself in one splendid move A water scoop is pushed into o!” The cart gets rolling and the suona begins to sound as weourselves quite literally in the water splashi+ng activity and that cheerful atmosphere
I once visited Thailand during their new year [April 13 in Gregorian calendar], which is called Songkran, also known as the Water Splashi+ng Festival On the streets of Bangkok, everyone was arun their procession When themen and woe plastic buckets placed on the trucks and splash at people nearby