Tourists and the local Va ethnic people cover others with clay during a carnival at the Va Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Cangyuan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on May 2, 2009. During the 4-day festival, people daubing each other with the clay, made of natural material, to express wishes of health and happiness. [Xinhua]

Tourists and the local Va ethnic people cover others with clay during a carnival at the Va Ethnic Autonomous Prefecture of Cangyuan, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on May 2, 2009. [Xinhua]