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Bull hung for harvest and peace at Naoyu festival(3/5)

2013-07-11 15:27 Ecns.cn Web Editor:yaolan
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Villagers of Dong ethnic group prepare for a blessing ceremony held for Naoyu festival by roping the sacrificial bull. During the festival celebrated every June 2 in the Chinese lunar calendar by Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups, people catch fish, and offer their prayers for good fortune, a bountiful harvest and peace, by stringing a bull up in a tree until it is strangled to death. [Photo: CNS/Tan Kaixing]

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