Tourists, performers mark traditional Torch Festival in SW China
Tourists hold burning torches to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
Tourists light torches to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
A performer prays on a ceremony to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
Young men of the Yi ethnic group perform during a parade to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
Tourists hold burning torches to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
Performers blow the horns on a ceremony to celebrate the Torch Festival at Yunnan Nationalities Village in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 28, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the Yi ethnic group and some other ethnic groups. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)