0101 - Mulam Festival In Guangxi. People of Mulam nationality in the Luoche...Front

Mulam Festival In Guangxi. People of Mulam nationality in the Luocheng Mulam Autonomous County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, celebrate their traditional festival called "fair on the slope" every year after the autumn harvest or around the spring festival (Chinese lunar new year). Dragon and lion dances, antiphonal singing, cockfighting and other activities take place at the "fair". The most popular item is cockfighting. The Mulam nationality has more than 93,000 people, 76.6 per cent of them living in Luocheng city. The "fair on the slope", a traditional festival of Mulam's, in Luocheng, Guangxi. Photo by Lu Hankui