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The Yi Torch Festival: Yi Women and Their Kitchens

Behind every Yi Torch Festival celebration is a kitchen where women cook not just food, but memory, ritual, and the bond between family, ancestors, and community.
Yi people holding bamboo torches aloft, by the hundreds, surrounding a traditionally dressed Yi woman.
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