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Miao ethnic group celebrates traditional festival

By Yang Jun | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-03-18 16:57

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Dance to a bumper harvest. [Photo by Yang Wenbin for chinadaily.com.cn]

With colorful costumes and silver accessories, girls of the Miao ethnic group in Southwest China's Guizhou province celebrated their traditional Fangu Festival on Saturday with drums and dances. Boasting a history of more than 600 years, the festival is as much about welcoming spring as praying for a rich harvest during the upcoming plowing season.

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