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. (Photo by Zakir Hossain/Pacific Press)

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. (Photo by Zakir Hossain/Pacific Press) Stock Photo
Preview

Image details

Contributor:

Pacific Press Media Production Corp. / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2PNTFNM

File size:

77.8 MB (4.7 MB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

6385 x 4259 px | 54.1 x 36.1 cm | 21.3 x 14.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

20 April 2023

Photographer:

PACIFIC PRESS

More information:

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

Available for Editorial use only.