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Smear your body with mud in Monihei Carnival

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2011-05-02 21:10

Smear your body with mud in Monihei Carnival
A woman smiles at Monihei Carnival ("making you black"), a mud smearing carnival of age-old Wa ethnic group in Cangyuan county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, May 2, 2011. It is said this festival takes its meaning from the custom that the people smear the pot ash, ox blood and mud on other persons' face to frighten the evils and seek peace. [Photo/Xinhua]

Smear your body with mud in Monihei Carnival

A woman smiles at Monihei Carnival, a mud smearing carnival of age-old Wa ethnic group in Cangyuan county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, May 2, 2011. It is said this festival takes its meaning from the custom that the people smear the pot ash, ox blood and mud on other persons' face to frighten the evils and seek peace. [Photo/Xinhua]

 

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