Miao people celebrate Naoyu Festival with water basketball game

As part of the Naoyu Festival celebrations, the villagers of Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take part in a water basketball game on Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Naoyu Festival, which originated over 400 years ago, is held on the sixth day of the sixth month in Chinese lunar calendar by the Miao ethnic group to bless the harvest. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

As part of the Naoyu Festival celebrations, the villagers of Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take part in a water basketball game on Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Naoyu Festival, which originated over 400 years ago, is held on the sixth day of the sixth month in Chinese lunar calendar by the Miao ethnic group to bless the harvest. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

As part of the Naoyu Festival celebrations, the villagers of Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take part in a water basketball game on Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Naoyu Festival, which originated over 400 years ago, is held on the sixth day of the sixth month in Chinese lunar calendar by the Miao ethnic group to bless the harvest. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

As part of the Naoyu Festival celebrations, the villagers of Rong'an County of Liuzhou City, in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take part in a water basketball game on Thursday, June 29, 2017. The Naoyu Festival, which originated over 400 years ago, is held on the sixth day of the sixth month in Chinese lunar calendar by the Miao ethnic group to bless the harvest. [Photo: Chinanews.com]