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Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)

Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)

Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)

Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)

Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)

Actors dressed up as the “god of fire” put on a performance at Shuangbai County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 22, 2021. A traditional Nuo ritual showing people exorcise evil spirits and pray for happiness was held on Monday. (Photo: China News Service/Kang Ping)