Drinking in a Ring——the drinking way in Yi nationality

It is a peculiar way of drinking the alcoholic among the Yi nationality. People can have a drink in any places, hosts and guests all sitting on the ground in rings, a cup of alcohol passed by turns in a ring, each having one sip.
This custom is said to stem out of a very moving legend: In a big mountain lived three men -- a Han, a Tibetan and a Yi who pledged to be faithful to brotherly relationship. One year, the youngest Yi invited the other two brothers to have a dinner, the left rice in the pot turned to be a tasteful and fragrant rice alcoholic drink. The three brothers offered the drink from one to another, all wishing to leave the fragrant drink to others to enjoy, the drink being passed down from one to other, from morning till night, still remained in the drinking vessel. Later the god informed them that hard working could produce more tasteful drink after it was taken in. Then the three brothers started drinking it by turns in a ring, all getting drunk.