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What are the traditional festivals of Yi people?

Traditional festivals of Yi people:

1, Torch Festival: June 24th to 25th, customs: lighting the torch, wrestling, bullfighting, singing and dancing.

2. Flower Arrangement/Singing Festival: the eighth day of February, custom: collect azaleas and insert them everywhere.

3. Secret Festival: the eighth day of February, custom: offering sacrifices to dragon trees and having a picnic.

4. Dragon Boat Festival: the eighth day of February, custom: dancing Lusheng.

5. Yi Sai Festival: March 28th Custom: Yi Sai.

6. March meeting: March 28th. Customs: Fair, dancing, and "left foot dance" in which young men and women dress up.

7. Knife and pole festival: February 8, custom: jumping on the knife mountain.

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About Tibetan traditional festivals:

1, Buddha Day: April 1 day to 4 days.

2. Divine dance: Tibetan New Year's Eve, custom: Divine dance program.

3. Jockey Club: On the fifth day of May, customs: pitch tents, have picnics, entertain guests and race horses.

4. Completion date:1October 25th.

5, Duanyang Festival: the fifth day of May, customs: horse racing, pot dance, string dance, picnic.

6. Snowdon Festival: the end of June and the beginning of July in the Tibetan calendar. Customs: sunbathing, dancing Tibetan opera and crossing Karin.

7. Tibetan New Year: Tibetan New Year is the most grand and lively national festival for Tibetans. It starts from the Tibetan calendar 1 month 1 day and generally lasts 15 days. On New Year's Day, at dawn, young men and women in holiday costumes should pay New Year greetings to each other and wish each other good luck when they meet. Dressed Tibetans will go to nearby temples to worship Buddha, or sing and dance in groups in the street, but they can't visit relatives and friends.