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How did the custom of the Yi Torch Festival come from?

How did the custom of the Yi Torch Festival come from? Because the distribution of Yi people is not completely in one place, it is divided into several story features of different regions, and each story has its own unique place. The following is a story about the Yi Torch Festival.

The first story:

Legend has it that in ancient times, the fairy Sri Abi descended to earth and wrestled with the Yi warrior Atiba. In the end, Athiba actually dropped Sriabi to death. When the gods learned of this, they were furious and sent a large number of locust pests and moths to eat crops, which suffered all the year round. In order to deal with these pests, Attila Ba led the Yi people to burn pests in the fields with torches on the evening of June 24 in the lunar calendar, and the crops survived. Later, in order to commemorate this activity, the Yi people designated this day as the Torch Festival.

The second story:

God sent Sriabi, the messenger of God, to the world to collect huge sacrifices from ordinary people, but Attila was killed in a rage. God was furious and released floods to wash away crops and destroy the homes of the Yi people. Later, the flood was well controlled by the Yi people, and God sent a large number of pests to destroy crops. In order to save crops, Attila Ba people and Yi people burn pests in the fields on the evening of June 24 in the lunar calendar, so this day is called the torch to commemorate this action.

The third story:

The Axi branch of the Yi people and the Yi people in Mile County believe that the Torch Festival is an action of slaves resisting the brutal rule of slave owners. There was a slave named Zhen. He tied a torch to his horn and set the slave owners on fire, freeing all the slaves and setting them free. Therefore, this day is called Torch Festival to commemorate this action.

The fourth story:

There used to be a beautiful girl in Wu Luo branch. She fell in love with a boy named Aaron, but men from nearby tribes took a fancy to her and threatened the lives of villagers in Wu Luo Branch. The girl had no choice but to have a blind date with them on the evening of June 24, when she lit a fire. For the beautiful love and the hope of the whole village, the girl jumped into the fire and burned to death. In memory of this brave girl,