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What festival does Yao celebrate?

Yao people have many festivals, including big festivals and small festivals. Big festivals include Wang Pan Festival, Spring Festival, Slave Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Social King's Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day and so on, and small festivals are held almost every month. The Danu Festival of the Yao nationality in Du 'an, Guangxi is quite grand, and it is said to be a festival to commemorate the ancestors' resistance to the Tusi. King's Day, commonly known as "the king of jumping tickets" and "the king of bargaining". It is held every three to five years, on October 16th of the lunar calendar, and is usually held by one household, several households or one village. The main ceremony was that the host prayed, sang the king's songs and danced for a long time, and prayed for the blessing of Pan Wang (Tiger Pan). Wang Pan Festival, usually a festival of Yao people who call themselves "Mianzhi", is very grand.