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Ethnic Minority Festivals of China |
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China being a huge country is home to 55 ethnic minorities. But as a result of their different life styles, environments, backgrounds and origin, they celebrate different types of festivals. The common festivals celebrated by the Chinese are the Spring Festival as well as the Mid-autumn Festival, the latter is mostly celebrated by the Han Chinese. The ethnic minority festivals of China embody the unique customs of the ethnic minorities in China. These ethnic minority festivals of China carry a large sentimental value for the people belonging to these various ethnic minorities.
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China witnesses 1700 festivals annually, out of which more than 50 % of the festivals are ethnic minority festivals. A single incident or legend is interpreted in a variety of ways by the different ethnic communities.
These festivals may have a religious significance or even a recreational significance, like the Nadam Fair of Mongolia. The checkered history of China has given rise to so many ethnicities and their respective communities.
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