April 12 Rainy Today, I arrived at my friend Worawut’s house outside of Bangkok for the holidays. His family was doing a spring-cleaning of their pretty wooden house in preparation for Songkran Festival. They put their hands together to greet me with a traditional gesture called the wai. April 13 Cloudy That smells wonderful! The women were cooking Thai foods for the next day’s ceremonies. We men went to the river and brought lots of sand to the village wat. The wat was a beautiful Buddhist temple where the monks lived. We left the sand in piles near the wat. April 14 Sunny We all dressed up and went to the village wat. The monks waited with their bowls at a long table. Monks are used to a life of sacrifice and discipline, but not today. We filled their bowls with rice and all kinds of palatable foods. Everyone smiled and music played as the monks ate. After that, we attended the bathing ceremony. We poured water over little stone Buddhas. Young people poured some sweet water into the hands of older people to show respect for them. Outside, everyone used sand we had brought to make sand pagodas. April 15 Sunny Today was the last day of the festival, and Worawut told me to get ready for some water throwing. We put lots of buckets of water on the truck and drove into the village. Everyone was throwing buckets of water. Nobody escaped dry! On such a hot day, the water felt really good. I can’t wait to come back next year! |
1. The passage is most probably taken from _______.
A.a festival poster |
B.a traveler’s festival journal |
C.a festival brochure |
D.a traveler’s festival poem |
A.in middle April |
B.when the weather turns cold |
C.in the beginning of April |
D.at the end of April |
A.cook various kinds of foods for older people |
B.take sand from the river, and then use the sand to make pagodas for older people |
C.pour smelly water all over older people |
D.pour the water that smells good into the hands of older people |
A.the throwing of water made him feel joyful |
B.the delicious Thai foods left him with a deep impression |
C.his friend Worawut treated him very well |
D.dancing with the monks brought him a lot of fun |