Huayao Dai in Yunnan


The Flower Street Festival is a prime opportunity for Yunnans Huayao Dai people to dress up. This image shows a group of young female dancers lining up after their performance. The Flower Street Festival is a major festival of the Huayao Dai people in southern Yunnan. It heralds the begin of spring and is an occasion for members of the opposite sex to meet and find a partner. Dances, beauty competitions and displays of courage and strength are all part of the events that stretch a couple of days at the beginning of the Chinese lunar year


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