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Pan Wang Festival celebrated by China's Yao ethnic group

Pan Wang Festival celebrated by China's Yao ethnic group

Write: Dagmar [2011-05-20]

A girl shows traditional costumes of Yao ethnic group during this year's Pan Wang Festival in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pan Wang Festival is celebrated by the Yao people on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month when they gather to pay tribute to the ancestor of Yao ethnic group Pan Wang as well as all their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Zuomiao)

A girl wearing traditional costumes of Yao ethnic group is seen during this year's Pan Wang Festival in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pan Wang Festival is celebrated by the Yao people on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month when they gather to pay tribute to the ancestor of Yao ethnic group Pan Wang as well as all their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Zuomiao)

A girl wearing traditional costumes of Yao ethnic group is seen during this year's Pan Wang Festival in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pan Wang Festival is celebrated by the Yao people on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month when they gather to pay tribute to the ancestor of Yao ethnic group Pan Wang as well as all their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Zuomiao)

A man wearing a traditional hat of Yao ethnic group is seen during this year's Pan Wang Festival in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pan Wang Festival is celebrated by the Yao people on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month when they gather to pay tribute to the ancestor of Yao ethnic group Pan Wang as well as all their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Zuomiao)

People wearing traditional costumes are seen during this year's Pan Wang Festival in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 21, 2010. The Pan Wang Festival is celebrated by the Yao people on the 16th day of the tenth lunar month when they gather to pay tribute to the ancestor of Yao ethnic group Pan Wang as well as all their ancestors. (Xinhua/Li Zuomiao)