Dong People Celebrate Jisa Festival in Longsheng, Guilin China

Jisa Festival, literally goddess Sasui worship festival, is a traditional festival of Dong ethnic group in Longsheng County, Guilin City, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The festival falls on February 15th of the lunar calendar. Local people hold activities including folk singing and dancing performances, hundred-family feast to celebrate the festival.

Dong people perform grass dragon dance to pray for good harvest, March 15, 2014.

Dong people perform folk dance, March 15, 2014.

Local people give their blessings for Sasui, March 15, 2014.

Local people carry the statue of Sasui with a bamboo chair, and walk around the village, March 15, 2014.

A Dong woman performs yarn spinning skill, March 15, 2014.