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Thangka Festival held in Tibet

Guzang Festival

Tibetan operas staged during Shoton Festival

Tibetan New Year 2011
Pumi
In the past, the Pumis believed in many gods and worshipped their ancestors. Most of their festivals such as the Spring Festival.
Va
The Vas used to believe in the primitive religion, i.e. everything in the world had a spirit. The Vas in some regions embrace the Buddhism.
Tibetan
The Tibetans mainly reside in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China as well as in Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.
Uygur
The Uygurs believe in the Islam. The traditional festivals include the Rouzi Festival, Corban Festival and Initial Snow Festival.
Tujia
The Tujias pay great attention to traditional festivals, especially to the Spring Festival.
Yao
Apart from the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, they have their own traditional festivals, such as the Pan King Festival, Spring Worship Festival, Danu Festival, Singing Festival and Paga Festival.
Yi
The Yis used to believe in multi-deity, and worship their ancestors. They have many folk festivals, such as the October Festival, the Firebrand Festival, other local festivals and the worship activities.
Xibe
The Xibes celebrate many traditional festivals, which are mostly similar to those of the Hans, such as the Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Dragon Boat Festival, etc.
Zhuang
The Zhuangs believe in the primitive religion and worship their ancestors. Some of them believe in Catholicism and others in Christianism.
Regong festival celebrated in Qinghai
Tibetan girls dance during the Regong festival in Tongren, Qinghai province, August 8, 2009.
Inner Mongolia Naadam festival
Two wrestlers play during the Naadam, a Mongolian ethnic festival,in Xilingol League of Inner Mongolia, August 2, 2009.
Intangible cultural heritage festival in Chengdu
Troupers perform Tujia ethnic dance during the 2nd International Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Chengdu, southeast China's Sichuan province on June 1, 2009.
Yippee, Dragon Boat Festival is coming
A girl holds a bunch of traditional food zongzi, pyramid-shaped rice ball snacks, upon the coming Dragon Boat Festival in Jiaxing May 6, 2009
Qiang festival held in Wenchuan
The Second Wenchuan Ancient Qiang Festival of China was held on Saturday in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, which was the epicenter of the magnitude-8.0 earthuqkae last May 12..
Get drenched at Water Splashing Festival
Tens of thousands of locals and tourists celebrated the annual Water Splashing Festival, which has a history of a thousand years, to wish happiness and health to each other.

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