火把节是所有彝族地区的传统节日,流行于云南、贵州、四川等彝族地区。白、纳西、基诺、拉祜等族也过这一节日。火把节多在农历六月二十四或二十五日举行,节期三天。佳节之前,各家都要准备食品,在节日里纵情欢聚,放歌畅饮。火把节期间,各村寨以干松木和松明子扎成大火把竖立寨中,各家门前竖起小火把,入夜点燃,村寨一片通明。同时人们手持小型火把成群结队行进在村边地头、山岭田埂间,将火把、松明子插于田间地角。远处望去,火龙映天,蜿蜒起伏,十分动人。最后青年男女会聚广场,将许多火把堆成火塔,火焰熊熊,人们围成一圈,唱歌 The Torch Festival is a traditional festival for all Yi regions, popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other Yi regions. White, Naxi, Keno, Lahu and other clans also had this festival. The Torch Festival is mostly held on the Lunar New Year, June 24 or 25, for a period of three days. Before the festive season, every family should prepare food, indulge in festival festivities, sing and drink. During the Torch Festival, the villages were dug into the village with dried pine and pine seedlings, and the small torch was erected in front of each house. At night, the village was brightly lit. At the same time, people holding small torch in groups and marching in the edge of the village, between the ridge, the torch, pine plug inserted in the field angle. Looking afar, fire dragon Ying days, meandering, very moving. Finally, young men and women gathered in the square, many torch piled into towers, flames, people in a circle, singing