Yi revellers at the Hongwan Fireworship Festival dancing around the fire.
The Fireworship Festival of the Axi Yi in Hongwan Village is one of Yunnans wildest events. This image shows a group of revellers covered in body paint dancing around a fire. 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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Photo credit: © Ludwig M Brinckmann / Alamy / Afripics
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