Fire-worshipping ceremony of Yi ethnic group

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-13 10:24

A fire-master makes a needfire during a fire-worshipping ceremony in Mi'le County, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2008. The local residents of the Yi ethnic group of Mi'le County hold a mass annual festa on the 3rd day of the 2nd month in the Chinese Lunar calendar, which was an ancient fire-worshipping ceremony handed down from their ancestors. [Xinhua]

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