Exploring Minority Festivals, Kaili
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As the biggest Dong Ethnic Village and Yao Ethnic Village are situated here, Kaili and the areas around it host a large number of minority festivals. Exploring the Minority Festivals is very interesting and unforgettable.
Festivals of Dong Ethnic Group
Dong New Year: The Dong New Year is a very important occasion for the Dong Ethnic people as the New Year Festival to the Han Chinese. Days before the New Year, Dong people make new clothes, clean their houses, make glutinous rice cakes, slaughter pigs, cattle for feasts.>> Read more
Bullfighting Festival: Dong people enjoy bullfighting, so all the villages raise buffaloes which are good fighters. The festival is celebrated on Hai day in the eight or ninth months. >> Read more
Festivals of Miao Ethnic Group
Miao New Year: The celebration of the Miao New Year in Leishan, Guizhou Province is the grandest among Miao festivities. During the event tourists can enjoy watching enchanting Miao customs come alive through various kinds of ethnic activities. These include the festival parade that features Miao girls and women in traditional Miao dress, the traditional music of the Lusheng (a kind of musical instrument made of bamboo), bullfights, horseracing, and of course, lots of singing and dancing. >> Read more
Lusheng Festival: The Lusheng Festival is the most influential festival of the Miao community. It is popular throughout Guizhou, Yunnan, and Sichuan Provinces, the Lusheng Festival in Kaili, Guizhou being the most famous and grand of the bunch. It begins on the 16th of the first lunar month, and climaxes on the 19th and 20th. >> Read more
Sisters' Meal Festival: The Sisters' Meals festival is celebrated by the Miao people in southwest China's Guizhou province, especially in the Taijiang and Jianhe Counties along the banks of the Qingshui River. It is the oldest Asian Valentine's Day. >> Read more
Bullfighting Festival of Miao Ethnic People: When the bullfighting festival comes become the competition takes place, the owners will feed their bulls with glutinous rice and sometimes they even sever them one or two liang alcohol Hundreds of other bulls( the bulls will come take part in the event) will be herded to the fighting venue to watch the event and at the same time encourage their hero in the stage. The bull gain the first, second and third places will be awarded by a banner.>> Read more
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