Visitors experience Maguai Festival in S. China

STORY: Visitors experience Maguai Festival in S. China DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations of Maguai Festival STORYLINE: In Donglan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chinese and foreign visitors experienced the Maguai Festival celebrations staged by local Zhuang ethnic villagers. The festival is celebrated around the second day of the second lunar month, which fell on Tuesday this year. "Maguai" means frogs in local language, which represent prosperity and wealth to the Zhuang ethnic people. The festival involves special activities to worship the creatures. The Maguai Festival has been listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)