2017英语外研版选修7同步课件：Module 5Ethnic Culture.pptVIP

Dai Minority The Water Splashing Festival falls during the New Year of the Dai Calendar. The Water Splashing Festival is not only the first Buddhist festival of a new year, but also the most important festival observed by the Dai. The Water Splashing Festival usually lasts for three days. In the first two days, they hold dragon-boat competitions to say farewell to the old year; on the last day, they carry out① the “lucky” activities to welcome the New Year. All people in a village will take a bath and change into new clothes and go to worship② Buddha in the first morning of the Water Splashing Festival. People assemble③ in the Buddhist temple, building a tower with sand. Then all people sit around the tower and listen to the chanting④ of Buddhist scripture⑤. Then again a Buddhist statue will be carried out into the yard and splashed by all women in the village, which is so-called bathing for the Buddha. After such religious rite⑥， all young people will go out of the temple and splash water on each other for pleasure. All passers-by are involved in water splashing and congratulations are expressed onto each other. Spray flies everywhere, and everyone is shouting for fun. The water brings good luck and happy cheers to all the villages around. 知识点击： ①carry out 进行，执行 ②worship vt. 崇拜；尊敬；爱慕；拜神 ③assemble v. 集合，聚集 ④chanting n. 吟诵 ⑤Buddhist scripture n. 佛经 ⑥rite n. 仪式；惯例，习俗；典礼 Module 5　Ethnic Culture Module 5　Ethnic Culture Ethnic Culture Module 5 背 景 e 站 链 接 * * Module 5　Ethnic Culture Module 5　Ethnic Culture