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Ethnic Yi people perform well-preserved Nuo ritual
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-10-13 09:38


Naked boys with dapple paintings on their bodies imitate leopards during the traditional Nuo ritual to exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness in Shuangbai county, Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Chuxiong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 10, 2008. [Xinhua]