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Wrestling competition a highlight of ethnic festival in Yunnan

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A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 
A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

Women play the suona, a Chinese brass trumpet-like wind instrument, during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 
Women play the suona, a Chinese brass trumpet-like wind instrument, during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

Women play the suona, a Chinese brass trumpet-like wind instrument, during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 
A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

A moment of a wrestling competition is captured at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

The traditional dance of the Yi ethnic group is performed during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 
The traditional dance of the Yi ethnic group is performed during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

The traditional dance of the Yi ethnic group is performed during a wrestling competition at a village in Mile City, Yunnan Province on April 11, 2024. /CFP 

Participating in a variety of folk activities such as the dragon dance, playing the suona – a Chinese brass trumpet-like wind instrument – and Yi ethnic dances, residents from a village in Mile City of southwest China's Yunnan Province performed at a wrestling competition.

The event forms part of their annual dragon-worship festival, which is held to pray for a good harvest and a promising year. Culturally, the Chinese dragon is believed to be a god that is in charge of clouds and rain, thus being able to bring enough water for a bumper harvest.

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