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China's Dog-Carrying Festival honors dogs as lifesavers

In Jiaobang village, Jianhe County, Guizhou, China, the Miao people celebrate the Dog-Carrying Festival, also known as Tai Gou Jie. This folk tradition, recognized as local intangible cultural heritage, honors dogs as sacred lifesavers and companions. During the festival, villagers select a dog, traditionally a white female, to be honored. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zoey Zhang ·

    Why China’s heritage-listed Dog-Carrying Festival honours canines as sacred lifesavers

    In a remote Miao village in southwestern China, dogs are honoured as life-saving heroes. Every seventh month of the lunar calendar, residents of Jiaobang village in Jianhe county, Guizhou province, celebrate Tai Gou Jie, or the “Dog-Carrying Festival” – a unique folk tradition re…