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- Description: A girl from the ethic Rakhain community takes part in the water festival, in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. April 17, 2006. The Shangrain, popularly known as the water festival of the ethnic Rakhain community is held on the eve of Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Years Day, which occurs due the basis of their religious belief. Young boys and girls throw water at each other on this festival. The community follows Buddhism and they believe that water acts as a cleansing agent, which purifies the mind and the body, and washes away the impurities of the past and ushers in a New Year free from stain.
- Credits: Md. Akhlas - (Bangladesh) Uddin/Majority World
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- Added: Aug 22, 2016
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- Photographer: Md. Akhlas Uddin
- Owner: Md. Akhlas Uddin
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- Description: A girl from the ethic Rakhain community takes part in the water festival, in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. April 17, 2006. The Shangrain, popularly known as the water festival of the ethnic Rakhain community is held on the eve of Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Years Day, which occurs due the basis of their religious belief. Young boys and girls throw water at each other on this festival. The community follows Buddhism and they believe that water acts as a cleansing agent, which purifies the mind and the body, and washes away the impurities of the past and ushers in a New Year free from stain.
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- Image Description: A girl from the ethic Rakhain community takes part in the water festival, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. April 17, 2006. The “Shangrain”, popularly known as the water festival of the ethnic Rakhain community is held on the eve of Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali
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