
A woman of the Yi ethnic group, dressed in a grand costume, attends the opening ceremony of a tiger-themed cultural festival in Shuangbai County, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 7, 2017. The tiger is the totem animal of the Yi people in the county. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jinhong)

A Yi performer holds a sheng, a reed pipe wind instrument, during the opening ceremony of a tiger-themed cultural festival in Shuangbai County, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 7, 2017. The tiger is the totem animal of the Yi people in the county. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jinhong)

Bimo, shaman-priests of the Yi people’s religion Bimoism, prays during the opening ceremony of a tiger-themed cultural festival in Shuangbai County, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 7, 2017. The tiger is the totem animal of the Yi people in the county. (Photo: China News Service/Li Jinhong)






















