Miao ethnic women participate in the Ganpo Festival celebrations in Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 5, 2007. Ganpo is a traditional festival when Miao people gather at the mountaintop to play the reed pipe and perform ancient sports, and for young people to find their loved ones.

Visitors watch Ganpo Festival performances in rain in Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 5, 2007.

Visitors watch horse fight as part of Ganpo Festival celebrations in rain in Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 5, 2007.

A man plays the reed pipe as his daughter holds an umbrella for him during the Ganpo Festival celebrations in Rongshui, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region March 5, 2007.

(China Daily March 7, 2007)