女子泼水节遭围攻撕雨衣，引发众怒：泼水节变“性骚扰节”？

最近英大在网上看到一则很让人愤怒的视频。

在云南西双版纳泼水节期间，一个穿着雨衣、拿着水枪的女子被“围攻”，遭遇周围人集体泼水，中途还有男子上前狠狠撕扯女子的雨衣。

话题冲上微博热搜，引发近万人讨论。

对此，有网友质疑，是“泼水节”还是“流氓节”？好好的习俗为什么变得如此低俗？

#1

泼水节的起源

Water-Splashing Festival

泼水节为傣族的新年，它起源于印度，曾是婆罗门教的一种宗教仪式，其后为佛教所吸收，约在13世纪末到14世纪初经缅甸传入中国云南傣族地区。

The name of the festival, whether it's called Songkran in Thailand or Thingyan in Myanmar, is derived from the Sanskrit word sankranti, referring to the shift of the sun's movement.

泼水节这个名字，无论是在泰国被称为“宋干节”（Songkran），还是在缅甸被叫做“达降”（Thingyan），都是由梵语sankranti衍生而来，指的是太阳运动的转变。

The day when the sun moves from Pisces into Aries in the zodiac, or the last day of the old year, marks the beginning of the festival. The second day of the festival, or sometimes together with the third day, constitutes transitional day(s) between the old year and the new year. And the new year arrives on the last day.

太阳从双鱼座进入白羊座的那一天，或旧年的最后一天，标志着节日的开始。节日的第二天，或有时与第三天一起，构成旧年和新年之间的过渡日。而新的一年则在节日最后一天到来。

The first day of the festival is traditionally marked with spring cleaning and a water pouring ceremony. During this, scented water is poured onto sacred Buddha images in temples. This symbolically represents purification - or the washing away of the previous year to welcome the New Year.

传统上，节日的第一天主要做春季清扫和浇水仪式。在这期间，清香的净水被倒在寺庙中神圣的佛像上。这象征着净化——或洗去前一年的灰尘，迎接新年的到来。

On the second day, young people pay respect to their elders by pouring scented water over their hands and feet in return for blessings and floral garlands, and offerings are made to monks and temples.

第二天，年轻人向他们的长辈表示敬意，将清水浇在他们的手上和脚上，以换取祝福和花环，并向僧侣和寺庙供奉。

#2

女性遭性骚扰

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但是随着时间发展，泼水节似乎“变味”了，甚至一度与sexual harassment（性骚扰）联系起来：

For many Thais, particularly the older generations, the original meaning of Songkran has been lost and the festival has become commercialised and boisterous. Respectfully sprinkling small amounts of water on monks, friends and family has given way to what is promoted as the world’s wildest water fight.

对许多泰国人来说，尤其是老一辈人，宋干节已经丧失原始意义，节日变得商业化，整个都闹哄哄的。人们之前是恭敬地将少量的水洒向僧侣、朋友和家人，现在节日已被宣传为世界上最疯狂的水战。

Nearly 60 percent of women said they had been groped during Songkran and only a small number reported these incidents to police, according to a survey of 1,650 women by Thailand-based Women and Men Progressive Movement Foundation this month.（Source：Reuters.com）

据泰国男女进步运动基金会本月对1650名女性进行的一项调查显示，近60%的女性表示，她们在宋干节（即泼水节）期间被人猥亵过，只有少数人向警方报案。(来源：路透社）

于是在每年泼水节前期，泰国政府就开始呼吁所有参与泼水节的女性，在节日期间应穿着得体、仪容端正，不要过分暴露。

Authorities in Thailand are telling women to avoid dressing in ‘sexy’ outfits as they try to prevent sexual harassment or sex assault cases during the Songkran festival.

泰国当局要求女性在泼水节期间不要穿“性感”的衣服，以免发生性骚扰或性侵犯事件。

这引起了泰国女性的不满。

她们发起了一个“别告诉我穿什么”（don't tell me how to dress）的运动，来对抗泰国政府的建议。

Using the hashtag #DontTellMeHowToDress, women have told how they were groped and harassed at Songkran in previous years.

女性们在推特上发起“别告诉我穿什么”的话题，讲述了前几年她们在宋干节上是如何被猥亵和骚扰的。

“This is the first time women are saying enough is enough,” said Thai-American model and TV host Cindy Bishop, who started the #DontTellMeHowToDress campaign.

“这是女性第一次说够了，”泰国裔美国模特兼电视主持人辛迪·毕晓普说，她发起了“别告诉我穿什么”活动。

“Modest clothing doesn’t protect women from sexual assault,” a Thai woman posted on Twitter with the hashtag, which has gone viral in Thailand.

一名泰国女子在这个话题下写道：“穿着朴素并不能保护女性免受性骚扰”，该话题在泰国引起广泛传播。

“These things need to be stopped,” another Twitter user wrote, saying a reveler once fired at her breasts with a watergun.

另一名推特用户写道：“这些事情需要被制止。”她说，一名狂欢者曾用水枪射击她的胸部。

Bishop said she was assaulted by a group of men at Songkran celebrations when she was a teenage girl over two decades ago.“They basically put their hands all over me,” said the 39-year-old, who has hosted the reality TV show Asia’s Next Top Model.

毕晓普说，20多年前，当她还是一个十几岁的少女时，在宋干节的庆祝活动上，她遭到了一群男人的性骚扰。这位39岁的电视真人秀节目《亚洲超模大赛》的主持人说：“他们甚至在我身上乱摸。”

“It has become such a problem because it’s hard to point fingers. It’s hard in that situation when everyone is having a good time,” she said, urging authorities to step up enforcement and issue warnings to revelers against sexual harassment.

“这已经成为一个问题，因为别人很难指责和干涉。在那种情况下，每个人都在享受美好时光时，你很难阻止他们。”她说，要敦促当局加强执法，并向狂欢者发出警告，禁止性骚扰。

#3

“危险7日”事故频发

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除了性骚扰事件频发，狂欢的泼水节还带来了更多其他的隐患。在泰国，法院强调泼水节假期已经成为了“危险七日”。

Excessive alcohol intake, rather than the odd watered-down beer, has long been the biggest challenge facing the police over the holiday. Despite countless safety campaigns, road accidents soar during the annual “seven dangerous days”.

长期以来，过量的酒精摄入，而不是零星的掺水啤酒，一直是警方在假期面临的最大挑战。尽管有无数的安全运动提醒人们，但在每年的“危险七天”期间，道路事故仍在飙升。

Drink-driving contributed to more than 60 per cent of the casualties reported, with motorcycles and pickup trucks involved in the vast majority of incidents.

在报告的伤亡人数中，酒后驾车占60%以上，绝大多数事故涉及摩托车和皮卡车。

Infections continue to be an issue – that brown Chiang Mai moat water is of dubious quality, so protect your eyes and avoid swallowing water.Tourists often suffer stomach problems after Songkran because buckets and water guns are filled from unfiltered sources.

感染仍然是一个问题——清迈护城河水质令人担忧，所以要保护你的眼睛，同时别把那些水喝下去。游客在宋干节后经常出现胃病，因为水桶和水枪里装的是未经过滤的水。

In addition, frequent changes in body temperature caused by overexerting at the hottest time of year, as well as being doused with buckets of iced water, result in an April epidemic of colds and flu. Pneumonia is not unheard of.

此外，由于在一年中最热的时候过度劳累，再加上被一桶一桶的冰水浇灌，人们体温频繁变化，致使四月感冒和流感的流行。更有甚者会造成肺炎。

泼水节，本来是一项祈福纳吉的民俗盛事，却在现代化和商业化的过程中逐渐变味......未来我们究竟该如何理性地看待这一节日？

今日词汇

festival / ˈfestɪv(ə)l / n.活动节期，纪念活动；节日，节庆

scented / ˈsentɪd / adj.有香味的；有气味的；洒了香水的

harassment / ˈhærəsmənt / n.骚扰

reveler / ˈrevələ(r) / n.欢宴者，狂欢者；饮酒狂欢者；摆设酒宴者

pneumonia / njuːˈməʊniə / n.肺炎

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英文部分摘自：https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d7849444d34457a6333566d54/index.html

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3215821/songkran-thailands-water-festival-its-buddhist-rituals-family-traditions-mass-water-fights-and-dark

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