Yi girl in Tanhua, Yunnan, China dressed traditionally at the annual Flower Pinning Festival.
The costume of the Yi in Tanhua in Dayao county, Yunnan, is particularly colourfull. This image shows an close-up The Yi are one of Yunnans largest ethnic groups divided into more than one hundred subgroups, each with their own culture and tradition. The Yi in Tanhua celebrate an annual Flower Pinning Festival, where a Bimo, a shaman, blesses young women of marriable age and pins flowers to their dress. The festival regularly draws large numbers of tourists for the colourful market and the dance and costume competitions.
Size: 5520px × 3768px
Location: China Yunnan Province Dayao County Tanhua Township
Photo credit: © Ludwig M Brinckmann / Alamy / Afripics
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