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Yi people celebrate biggest festival

Updated: 2014-07-21 10:46 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Yi people celebrate biggest festival

Yi ethnic group dance alongside a bonfire to celebrate the Torch Festival in Xichang city, Sichuan province, July 20, 2014. The festival, which usually falls on June 24 of the lunar calendar, is the biggest festival of Yi people. During the festival, they will hold wrestling and bullfighting activities in the village. Main activities of the torch festival are at night. People either light the torches to pray for a good harvest or light the bonfire to hold a song and dance party. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

Yi people celebrate biggest festival

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