What is the Torch Festival called among the Yi people in Sichuan and what is its significance?

What is the Torch Festival called among the Yi people in Sichuan and what is its significance?
Torch Festival is the official name, so is there any different name for it locally? Let’s find out. The Fortune Teller website has carefully compiled detailed information about the sixth lunar month of 2018. If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the sixth lunar month, come to Mr. Shui Mo!

What is the Torch Festival called among the Yi people in Sichuan and what is its significance

The Torch Festival of the Yi ethnic group is the same in every place and is held on the 24th day of the sixth lunar month every year. The Yi people call it "Duzhe", which means fire sacrifice. The Yi Torch Festival is a traditional festival in all Yi areas and is popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other Yi areas. The Bai, Naxi, Jino, Lahu and other ethnic groups also celebrate this festival. The Torch Festival is usually held on the 24th or 25th day of the sixth lunar month and lasts for three days. The Torch Festival is the Yi ethnic group's most solemn, grand, spectacular, most participated, and most ethnically distinctive festival, and it is also a grand celebration for the entire ethnic group.

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