Traditional carnival held to celebrate Lantern Festival in SW China
A dragon dancer of Tujia ethnic group dances with a dragon head in the flames of firecrackers at a dragon lantern carnival in Dejiang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 24, 2013. The traditional carnival that is held annually to celebrate the Lantern Festival is famed for the intrepid dance perfomances of dragon dancers and incessant flames of firecrackers set off by participant residents. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)