Dong people in south China paint egg shells to welcome spring
STORY: Dong people in south China paint egg shells to welcome spring
DATELINE: March 19, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:39
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of celebrations and singing
STORYLINE:
Villagers of the Dong ethnic group in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region celebrated the annual traditional festival "Pengdan", or egg bumping festival, to celebrate the upcoming Spring Equinox,which falls on March 20 this year.
Celebrations include singing Dong songs, dancing and painting egg shells. Villagers paint on duck egg shells, decorate them with ribbons, and use these eggs for the egg bumping competition, wishing for good weather and good harvest.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)
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- 2022/3/19 00:00:00
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