The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (691 page)

(Chinese). These are imagined by the Chinese as supernatural expressions of natural forces, sky or water animals.
The Dragon Boat Festival (Tuan Yang Chien) takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, and commemorates the death by drowning of Chu Yüan (? 3rd/late 4th cent. BCE). He is said to have committed suicide as a protest against corruption in government, and against the incessant conflict of the warring states.

 
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Drama
(religious)
:

see
THEATRE AND DRAMA
.

 
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Dra
.

The one who looks on, the true self in Hinduism, which observes the phenomenal involvement in the world, without getting entangled in it.

 
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Draupad
.

Also called K
, the heroine of the
Mah
bh
rata
, princess of P
ñc
la. Born from a sacrificial altar, she is said to be an incarnation of the Goddess
r
(Prosperity). Outside the
Mah
bh
rata
, Draupad
is known as a S. Indian village Goddess.