Women in traditional costumes watch performances from a wooden house during celebrations for the Duan Festival in Duyun, southwestern China's Guizhou Province on September 7, 2008. People of the Shui ethnic group worship their ancestors, sing traditional songs and watch horse races during the Duan Festival, or New Year's Day of the Shui people, as they wish for a new year full of happiness.
Children wearing masks of the Monkey King dance during celebrations for the Duan Festival in Duyun, southwestern China's Guizhou Province on September 7, 2008.
Women wearing traditional costumes walk in paddy fields in Duyun, southwestern China's Guizhou Province on September 7, 2008.
People of the Shui ethnic group worship their ancestors, sing traditional songs and watch horse races during the Duan Festival, or New Year's Day of the Shui people, as they wish for a new year full of happiness.
