Some local girls in traditional clothes of the ‘Matyo’ minority, react as boys throw water during a rehearsal of the traditional Easter celebrations by the members of the Mezokovesd folk dance group in Mezokovesd, Hungary on April 5, 2012.
Locals from northeast Hungary celebrate Easter with the traditional “watering of the girls”, a fertility ritual rooted in Hungary’s tribal pre-Christian past, going as far back as the second century AD. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images)
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This watering tradition exists in many places. The Dai nationality in China. It’s considered to the “New Year” of Dai people. They celebrate it for 3-7 days. There are many other countries celebrating this tradition, for example, Thailand, Laos, Burma,Cambodia.