Yi revellers at the Hongwan Fireworship Festival carrying children in baskets


The Fireworship Festival of the Axi Yi in Hongwan Village is one of Yunnans wildest events. This image shows a group of revellers carrying painted children in baskets. The village has become well known by Chinese tourists for the raucuous carnival held there at the beginning of the second lunar month.


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