Ethnic Miao performers dance during the opening ceremony of Kaili Original Ethnic Culture & Arts Festival in Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 23, 2007. There are 47 nationalities, such as the Miao, Dong, and Buyi, in Qiandongnan, making it the prefecture with the largest number and highest proportion of the ethnic-minority population in China.[newsphoto]

 

 

Ethnic Miao performers dance during the opening ceremony.

 

Performers wearing masks dance during the opening ceremony.

 

A general view shows the the opening ceremony.

 

 

 

 

Ethnic Miao performers dance during the opening ceremony.  

Ethnic Tong performers play lute during the opening ceremony.

 

(China Daily July 24, 2007)