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Yi people observe “Black Face Festival”
Aug 16, 2009 04:04 GMT-6
PANADA Points: 490 Join Date: Jun 7, 2008 Status: offline	Yi people observe “Black Face Festival” Black Face Festival is a tradiditonal festival of Yi minority ethnic group in Qiubei county, southwest China’s Yunan province where Yi people blacken their faces to expel monsters and kill evils. This year, the festival fell on August 15. See the photo: two women are plastering black ashes on each other’s face in the black face festival.

Aug 16, 2009 04:11 GMT-6	#1
PANADA Points: 490 Join Date: Jun 7, 2008 Status: Offline	Blacken each others' faces

Aug 16, 2009 04:12 GMT-6	#2
PANADA Points: 490 Join Date: Jun 7, 2008 Status: Offline	Visitors and local residents celebrate the Black Face Festival

Aug 16, 2009 04:14 GMT-6	#3
PANADA Points: 490 Join Date: Jun 7, 2008 Status: Offline	Two women from Yi minority group blacken each others' faces

Sep 23, 2009 06:40 GMT-6	#4
APRIL198474 Points: 10 Join Date: Sep 17, 2009 Status: Offline	I first hear to this festival and I feel it's interesting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- april http://www.comm100.com/livechat/

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