Tag: Yunnan
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Festive Odyssey: The Yi Festival, A Carnival Named After Fire
The Yi Fire Festival is a traditional holiday celebrated by several ethnic minorities in Southwest China, including the Yi, Bai, and Naxi peoples. It is especially grand in the Yi-inhabited areas of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Every year on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month, people light torches and hold bonfire parties to…
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Festive Odyssey: The Water-Splashing Festival, Water nourishing beings
The Water-Splashing Festival, also known as the “Buddha Bathing Festival” and called “Songkan Pimai” in the Dai language (which means the Dai New Year), is a traditional festival of ethnic minorities such as the Dai, Achang, Blang, Wa, and De’ang peoples. It is also one of the first batches of national intangible cultural heritages in…