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Which ethnic group's festival is the Torch Festival Pinyin

Yi, pronounced: yi zu, two tones. The Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, with deep folk cultural connotations, known as the carnival of the East. Different ethnic groups hold torch festivals at different times. The main activities include bullfighting, goatfighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty pageants and so on. In the new era, the torch festival has been given a new folklore function and produced new forms.

The Torch Festival is of the Yi ethnic group, pronounced: yi zu. The Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of the Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, which has deep folk cultural connotations, and is known as the Carnival of the East. Different ethnic groups hold the Torch Festival at different times, mostly on the 24th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar. The main activities include bullfighting, goatfighting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty pageants and so on. In the new era, the torch festival has been given new folklore functions and produced new forms.