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Chinese ethnic groups enjoy black rice to celebrate Wufan Festival
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Beyond the color black, Wufan Festival offers a feast of colors. Dong people hold a banquet with black rice in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP
Beyond the color black, Wufan Festival offers a feast of colors. Dong people hold a banquet with black rice in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Beyond the color black, Wufan Festival offers a feast of colors. Dong people hold a banquet with black rice in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Dong people hold a big banquet in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP
Dong people hold a big banquet in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Dong people hold a big banquet in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Dong people enjoy bamboo pole dance in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP
Dong people enjoy bamboo pole dance in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Dong people enjoy bamboo pole dance in Pingliu Village of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Yao people sing and dance in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP
Yao people sing and dance in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Yao people sing and dance in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Yao people make black rice in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP
Yao people make black rice in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

Yao people make black rice in Damaxi Village of Shaoyang, central China's Hunan Province to celebrate Wufan Festival. /CFP

The Miao, Yao and Dong ethnic groups living in the southern part of China celebrate Wufan – literally meaning "black rice" – Festival on the eighth day of the fourth month of the traditional Chinese calendar.

The ethnic groups use different tree leaves to dye the rice black. The food item is believed to strengthen the spleen and stomach and keep people fit and healthy.

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