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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena to spectate and participate in events that include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena to spectate and participate in events that include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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The Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in southwest China, involves several thousand people gathering on a mountainside arena. Fire Festival activities include wrestling, bull fighting, horse racing and a model competition. The festival is concluded at night by dancing around a fire to music.

The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China.

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Children prepare fire torches and then proceed to run in the street at dusk along the road in a Nosu village. They are celebrating the final events of the Fire Festival, celebrated annually by the Nosu people in the southwest mountains of China.

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Portrait of a Nosu believer in her traditional dress. The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China. Every July, they celebrate the Fire Festival. They are predominantly animistic in their beliefs.

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Portrait of a Nosu believer in her traditional dress. The Nosu are an ethnic minority who reside in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan provinces of southwestern China. Every July, they celebrate the Fire Festival. They are predominantly animistic in their beliefs.

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