Hii kufana sio ya kawaida: Meet the world's most interesting twins

It's rare to spot a pair of twins on a daily basis, let alone 1,000 pairs at the same time.

Tourists from all over the world took in the stunning sight when almost 1,000 pairs of twins attended a massive festival at China's 'Home of the Twins' over the weekend.

Held annually in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in southern China, the International Twins Festival began in 2005 and has attracted more than 12,000 pairs of twins from at least 30 countries to participate over the years.

This year's event coincided with the country's three-day Labour Day holiday during April 29 to May 1. Highlights include a look-a-like parade, talent shows and an evening gala.

The event has been recognised as 'the most frequently held twins festival' by Shanghai's China Records, an organisation that awards record-breaking facts and achievements within the country.

The event also celebrated the Hani Solar Festival, as Mojiang county is also called 'the place where the sun turns' as the Tropic of Cancer cuts through the town centre.

The Hani is an ethnic minority in China, forming one of the 56 officially recognised nationalities in the country. They are best known as the world’s first tea cultivators.

Mojiang is perhaps best known for its exceptionally high percentage of twin births.

With more than 1,200 pairs of twins living among a population of 350,000, Mojiang is known as 'Home of the Twins', according to Xinhua news citing government statistics in a previous report.

The chances of conceiving identical twins are about 1 in 250, according to NHS.

So far, there is no proven scientific explanation to the bizarre phenomenon.

It's the water, locals would say.

According to urban legends, a pair of ancient wells in the countryside holds the key to the area's frequent twin births.

It is believed that a woman would increase her chances to conceive twins after drinking water from the Twin Wells.

The province of Yunnan is hoping to transform its tourism industry by upgrading and revamping its cultural and heritage conservation efforts.

Government officials said that four million tourists have visited Mojiang County and the region's tourism industry has accumulated a total revenue of around 2 billion yuan (£230 million) over the last 13 years.

However, for many in China, the Twins Festival serves much more than just mere interest.

For three decades, giving birth to look-a-lokes was the only loophole to the country's strict one-child policy.

If a woman was pregnant with her second child, she would be asked to abort it. Almost 400 million births were prevented under the law.

In 2016, China officially started its so-called 'universal two-child policy' to defuse the economic time bomb of a rapidly ageing population and labour shortages.

-DAILY MAIL