What is the most important traditional festival of Yi people?

Torch Festival is the biggest traditional festival of Yi people.

Torch Festival is a grand traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Wa, Lahu, Naxi and Jinuo nationalities, which is widely spread in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou. It is usually held on June 24 or 25 of the lunar calendar and lasts for 3 days.

On the morning of the festival, people wear national costumes. Men have a conical "hero knot" on their foreheads, women wrap their heads with cloth or headscarves, and both men and women are covered with blankets. At night, every family lights a torch and shines it in the corner of the field to exorcise evil spirits. During the festival, there will be bullfighting, sheep shooting, horse racing, archery, wrestling, tug-of-war, swinging, singing and dancing, among which "throwing fire" is the most distinctive and interesting. In the Yi area, people hold a burning torch in their left hand, and their pockets or satchels are filled with flammable incense ashes. When the torch approached each other, they grabbed a handful of incense ashes sprinkled with rosin powder with their right hands and suddenly sprinkled them on the torch, producing dazzling flames in front of or behind each other's feet. When the other party was surprised to see the flame disappear like lightning, the fire thrower ran away with a smile. The other side also chased the man with a torch in order to repay his enthusiasm with the same flame.