The Nadun Festival is a time of socialization and entertainment for the Tu people to celebrate a good harvest. Starting at the end of summer harvest, the festival lasts for about two months till the arrival of autumn. It is considered as “the longest carnival in the world”. The annual festival consists of collective activities organized the activities, with one as host village and the other as guest village. People line up like a long dragon, carrying colorful banners and beating drums and gongs.

The festival starts with the arrival of the procession at the threshing ground when 40 to 50 people begin with the large scale dancing performance. In the dancing matrix, first come to the senior citizens in their long gowns with fans in hands, who are usually organizers of the festival and successors of the Nadun dancing, followed by young people with colorful banners and children with willow twigs. Simple as the dancing acts are, the performance if beautiful and forms a spectacular scene with well-ordered steps, harmonious jumping, accompanied bu the rhythmic sounds of drums and gongs.

The festival is an important cultural and entertainment occasion in which people visit their friends and relatives, and exchange their experience of life and production. To the young people aware of love, the festival provides a time and occasion to find their life’s companion.