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丘北 人独特的祭祖礼俗

A small community in Qiubei county, Yunnan province, claims to be the last descendants of the Bo, a once-powerful ethnic group that was wiped out in the 1500s. Singing songs of their “ancestors on the cliffs,” the Bo people of Qiubei ascend the mountain every tenth lunar month for a special ritual to honor their heritage and remember a violent past