Miao Children at the Caihuashan Festival in Yunnan China
The Caihuashan Festival is a prime opportunity for Yunnans Miao people to dress up. This image shows two young girls in a full outfit. The Caihuashan is a major festival of the Miao 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.
Size: 5536px × 3752px
Photo credit: © Ludwig M Brinckmann / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: aboriginal, agriculturalist, ailao, ailaoshan, asia, blue, caihuashan, celebration, chinese, costume, custom, dance, decoration, east, ethic, ethnic, festival, flowery, groups, hmong, honghe, miao, minority, mountain, mountains, mysterious, nationality, ornament, red, relics, rice, river, sky, song, stepping, terraces, tribal, year, yunnan
