LUCKY NUMBER 13

Ethnic Miao women in traditional gowns and headwear parade on Saturday during a rehearsal of the celebration ceremony for the Miao’s New Year’s day and Guzang Festival in Leishan County, Guizhou Province, China. More than 1,000 ethnic Miao families live in the country’s Xijiang Village, now the biggest Miao settlement in China. The Guzang Festival is a Miao tradition taking place once every 13 years during which ancestors are worshiped.Nov 27, 2012

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