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What activities are there in the Torch Festival of the Yi people?

There are fire activities, wrestling activities, bonfire parties, bullfights and other activities.

Fire-playing activities: The Bai and Naxi people who live in the foothills of Wufeng Mountain adjacent to Heqing and Lijiang hold fire-playing activities on the night of the Torch Festival. People tie clusters and bunches of red flowers on all the big trees in the village, symbolizing "red flowers and trees burning like torches." When the first star appears in the sky, people each dance with a small lit torch, sing and dance, and sing praises around the "red flower fire tree".

Wrestling activities: There are two types of wrestling activities: stumbling and non-stumbling. If you fall down, you lose. Different villages select the strongest and most capable wrestling masters to compete. In addition to receiving prizes, the winners also receive prizes. Some villages also celebrate and encourage with wine, sheep, cattle and other delicacies. There is also a wonderful archery competition, and the venue is always crowded with many young men on horseback and Yi girls in bright costumes. They sing and dance to each other, and the onlookers sing and sing along.

Bonfire party: As night falls, people eat barbecue, then light the fire with pine branches, hold torches and run around in a circle to pray for the elimination of pests and diseases and for continued harvests. The enthusiastic crowd gathered torches into piles of bonfires, and thousands of Yi people danced the "Big Sanxian" dance.