In this photo taken on November 4, 2016, dancers of the Miao ethnic minority in traditional costumes attend a banquet at the end of their New Year festival at Leishan county, southwestern province of Guizhou. To an ear-splitting soundtrack of chanting and drums, 400 young dancers in spangled outfits clanged sickles and kick-stepped before thousands of spectators and a dais of a dozen Chinese officials. The performance was one of many on display at Leishan county in the southwestern province of Guizhou, as a lavish government-sponsored opening ceremony kicked off new year celebrations for the Miao ethnic minority - a group of about 12 million people who are more at home in their own languages than in Mandarin Chinese. / AFP / FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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