It is local Li ethnic dance just like torch dance Tahiti.
Fueled by a Hainanese passion for dance, torch-twirling stage a sizzling show at a beachfront resort. The men play three-stringed instruments as the women kick and clap to the tempo. As the performance, bonfires all around the ground are lit and spectators on the surrounding slopes form circles and dance around the bonfires.
The dance originated from the primitive funeral customs of ancient Guya Prefecture (today's Sanya city). In the Xiao branch of the Li ethnic group there is a tradition of performing this dance at funerals in the belief that the living and the dead inhabit two separate worlds. Because of this, when someone dies, the Xiao believe the living should celebrate his or her entry into the new world by performing this dance.
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