April 20, 2023, Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh: Rakhine communities celebrate ''Shangrain'', popularly known as the water festival in Cox's Bazar. The indigenous communities come together and engage in water play to purify all the sorrows and despair left behind by the passing year on the occasion of welcoming the new year, also known as Sangrain. The festival, which will continue for three days, bids farewell to the previous year and welcomes the new year. The traditional belief is that a gloomy and unsavoury past can be washed away with a fresh start in the upcoming. (Credit Image: © Md

April 20, 2023, Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh: Rakhine communities celebrate ''Shangrain'', popularly known as the water festival in Cox's Bazar. The indigenous communities come together and engage in water play to purify all the sorrows and despair left behind by the passing year on the occasion of welcoming the new year, also known as Sangrain. The festival, which will continue for three days, bids farewell to the previous year and welcomes the new year. The traditional belief is that a gloomy and unsavoury past can be washed away with a fresh start in the upcoming. (Credit Image: © Md Stock Photo
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April 20, 2023, Cox's Bazar, Chattogram, Bangladesh: Rakhine communities celebrate ''Shangrain'', popularly known as the water festival in Cox's Bazar. The indigenous communities come together and engage in water play to purify all the sorrows and despair left behind by the passing year on the occasion of welcoming the new year, also known as Sangrain. The festival, which will continue for three days, bids farewell to the previous year and welcomes the new year. The traditional belief is that a gloomy and unsavoury past can be washed away with a fresh start in the upcoming. (Credit Image: © Md Zakir Hossain/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE!

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