China's Yi ethnic group celebrates Torch Festival
Updated: 2011-07-19 14:51
(news.xinhuanet.com)
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Photo taken on July 18, 2011, shows a bull fighting during the Torch Festival at the Torch Square in Butuo County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Torch Festival falls on the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month in Butuo County, the birthplace of the Chinese Yi Torch Festival. On and around the festival, people of the Yi ethnic group gather together and participate in various activities, such as sheep and bull fighting, beauty contests and horse racing.[Photo/Xinhua] |