Fire breathing, dragon boat racing and, er, splashing water: the Dai New Year festival in Xishuangbanna
April 13th 2009 "A long time ago there was a king, and he had twelve daughters. He was a devil and could not be killed in any way and used to kill his people indiscriminately. One day his daughters persuaded him to hold a feast and, when he was quite drunk, one of them said to him, 'Oh father, you are such a great king, no one can hurt you.'
The devil king was quite drunk and replied, 'It's tru
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