Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, which has profound folk culture connotation and is called "Carnival of the East". Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.
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Introduction of festival activities
1. Bullfighting: At the beginning of the performance, the matador wore a purple cloak, a one-shoulder vest on his upper body, bare chest and arms on his right side, and black knickerbockers on his lower body. A strong bull was brought into the field. The matador took off his cloak and began to tease the bull, whipping it with a whip to make it angry. When the bull's red eye rushed in, the matador came forward to meet it, grabbed the horn and struggled with it, exhausted the bull's physical strength, and then threw it to the ground with all his strength. Buffalo can also be used in bullfighting, but it is less difficult.
2. Horse racing: one of the oldest sports. There have been many changes in the form since ancient times, but the basic principle is the speed of the game. But modern horse racing, which attracts the audience to participate in it, began in ancient Greece and Rome.
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