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On June 18, the Ewenki people celebrate the Sebin Festival in the Ewenki Autonomous Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Meaning happy and peaceful in the Ewenki language, Sebin is celebrated to honor the Ewenki people's ancestors and usually involves horse racing and wrestling matches.
The Ewenki, known as "the people of the mountains," is the last hunting tribe in China and the only ethnic minority group in China that raises reindeer. They ride horses across the grasslands, keep reindeer company and make handicrafts from natural resources. They are in nature and are friends of nature. As of 2021, there are only over 30,000 Ewenki people in China.
Three hundred years ago, the Ewenki people traveled southward from Lake Baikal. When passing to north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, they were fascinated by the bountiful natural resources there and decided to settle down.
Laying down the shotguns they hunted with, the Ewenki people no longer live their ancestral nomadic life. The pace of the times has quietly altered many customs. However, some traditions, like the Sebin Festival, have been imprinted in their hearts alongside their love of horses and reindeer and their yearning for nature's vastness.
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