BAFATA, Guinea-Bissau, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- As China is marking the Spring Festival -- The Year of the Snake, a team of Chinese rice-planting ... seeds from the previous harvest to the villagers.

Crowds line the streets to watch a parade of competing beauty queens atop their regional floats, and the festival ... Harvest Queen is chosen amid a backdrop of spectacular fireworks. Dewi Sri ...

An event marking the Laba Festival was held ... and a bountiful harvest. The porridge traditionally includes at least eight ingredients, such as glutinous rice, red beans, millet, sorghum, peas ...

As China is marking the Spring Festival, experts from the 12th Chinese Agricultural Technical Assistance Team in ...

The Contuboel farm serves as the Chinese team's research center for comparative rice variety trials. Zheng Junjie, head of the Chinese team, noted that the experts worked tirelessly to complete sowing ...