Colorful Yunnan: The costume contest festival of the Yi people

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Colorful Yunnan: The costume contest festival of the Yi people

Source: CGTN | 2023-08-04 | Editor:Ines

An undated photo shows women from the Yi ethnic group ready to show off their costumes during the

An undated photo shows women from the Yi ethnic group ready to show off their costumes during the "Saizhuang Jie," a folk "costume competition festival," in Zhiju Village, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. /Photo provided to CGTN

In Yongren County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, local people of the Yi ethnic group have been staging a traditional fashion show for over 1,300 years. In the deep mountains, "Saizhuang Jie," a folk "costume competition festival," is the time when Yi people wear their colorful, traditional hand-embroidered clothes – and indulge in singing and dancing along with the melodies of the lusheng and the four-stringed zither.