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Astonishing custom of traditional Lisu wedding in Sichuan (3)

（Xinhua）  08:31, February 17, 2013  

Family members of a Lisu wedding couple attend a bow ceremony which officially makes the couple husband and wife in Xinyu Village of Dechang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 15, 2013. Dechang's Lisu people live in family- or clan-based villages most of which locates on river valley slopes of around 1,500 to 3,000 meters above the sea level. They still practice a wedding tradition that has uncommon conventions including bridal face-shaving, outdoor wedding banquet and overnight group dance. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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