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Torch festival shines on traditions in Chinese hill countryside

Surrounded by green hillsides and fluttering flags, young women wearing silver headdresses and colourful costumes filed onto the stage, dancing hand in hand as sounds of singing filled the valley. For centuries, the Yi people of southwestern China have celebrated their biggest holiday of the year, the torch festival, over three days during the...

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