People smear mud on face to celebrate festival in SW China
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Tourists from both home and abroad gathered in Cangyuan Va Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan province to celebrate a special festival. Visitors are encouraged to smear a kind of "black mud" onto each other's faces as a way to express best wishes to one another. The "mud" is a natural material called "Niangbuluo," is said to have the ability to bring the dying back to life, according to Va nationality legends. Va people regard black skin as a gauge of beauty. [Photo: Chinanews.com]