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Festivals and events in Pu’er in April and May

Updated: 2013-05-21

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Festival	Festival Programme	Date	Place
Calabash Festival	Celebration in Calabash Square,bonfire party, antiphonal singing, crossbow shooting, playing Tuoluo (peg-top or whirligig), a pole-climbing competition, painting, calligraphy and photography exhibition, a lantern show	April 6 - 8	Lancang
The 2013 Wooden Drum Festival, with the theme “Spring Travel - The Intoxicating Beauty of Va Mountain”	Traditional ceremonies such as pulling the wooden drum, sacrificing to the wooden drum, and hunting and collecting holy water, a performance of the musical "Wa’s Carnival", dancing bonfire party, Wa banquets, and exhibitions	April 13 - 14	Longtan lakeside, Ximeng
Holy Fish Festival	Opening and closing ceremonies, Buddhist ceremony, lighting of 1000 lanterns in the Grand Golden Pagoda, lighting lanterns and catching fish at Nanlei River, festival essay competition and festival representative competition, street party, and photo show	April 10 - 12	Menglian
Water Splashing Festival	Opening and closing ceremonies, water splashing activities in Dai villages	April 13 - 17	Menglian, Dai villages
Water Splashing Festival	Evening party, ethnic minority performances, games, water splashing activities	April 13 - 15	Mengsangluo square , Zhengdong county, Jiangcheng
9th China Mojiang Tropic of Cancer International Twins Festival & Hani Sun Festival	Evening party, twins talent show, twins parade and Hani traditional face smearing carnival, group weddings in the area of the Tropic of Cancer, Hani finger-guessing games; street party; bonfire party, trade activities and more	April 29 - 30	Mojiang
2013 International Tea Convention & 13th China Pu'er Tea Festival	International Tea Convention Fair; International Tea Convention Forum; International Tea Convention awards ceremony (including Special Contribution and Golden Key awards, Pu’er coffee promotional activities, Tea Origin Tour and more	May 25 - 27	Simao
2013 Wuliang Mountain Challenge	Mountain climbing	May 13 - 15	Jingdong

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