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What are the festivals of ethnic minorities?
Festivals of ethnic minorities include: Nadam of Mongolian, Torch Festival of Yi, Water-splashing Festival of Dai, Dragon Festival of Zhuang and Tim Cang Festival of Manchu.

1, Manchu Tim Cang Festival

Tim Cang Festival, also known as Cang Cang Festival, is a characteristic festival of Manchu people and a festival symbolizing the bumper harvest of grain. On the 25th day of the first month, Manchu people will steam cakes in the shape of ingots, bags, pots and chickens, and also carry and fill warehouses, paint warehouses, clean courtyards, prohibit lending, light lamps to offer sacrifices to gods and pay homage to warehouse officials.

2. Nadam of Mongolians

Mongolian means "game" or "entertainment". Originally refers to the Mongolian traditional "men's triathlon" wrestling, horse racing and archery. With the development of the times, it has gradually evolved into today's grand celebration activities and material exchange activities including various cultural and entertainment contents.

3. Torch Festival of Yi people

The Torch Festival on June 24th of the lunar calendar is the most grand, grand and ethnic festival in Chuxiong and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. Torch Festival was also called Star Festival in ancient times.

During the Torch Festival, the villages were erected with big torches made of dried pine and Matsuko, and small torches were erected in front of each house, which were lit at night. The villages were brightly lit, and young men and women played and danced around the big torches in the village all night. During the festival, there are horse racing, bullfighting, archery, wrestling, tug-of-war, swinging and other recreational activities, and trade fairs are opened.

4. Water-splashing Festival of Dai people

Songkran Festival is the most grand festival of Dai people, and it is also the festival with the largest influence and the largest number of participants among Yunnan ethnic groups. Specific festival activities include splashing water, rushing to swing, dragon boat racing, bathing in Buddha, chanting, singing in Zhangha, performing peacock dance and white elephant dance, etc.

5. Dragon Festival of Zhuang Nationality

The "Dragon Sacrifice Festival" of the Zhuang nationality is one of the important festivals of the Zhuang people in Maguan, which is usually held from the first day to the third day of the second lunar month. On the first day of the second lunar month, all Zhuang villages offer sacrifices to "Dragon God", which is commonly known as "covering up" and "getting the place" by Zhuang people.

In the early morning of the first day of February, a male elder from each household went to Longshan outside the village to hold a sacrifice, asking the Dragon God to protect the farming. When the collective sacrifice was over, each household was given a portion of pork and put up a new platform outside the door to worship again. However, when the elder sacrificed outside the door, the rest of the family closed the door and waited, and only after the sacrifice of the elder was completed could they go back to the house to prepare meals.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dai people