Marriage custom of Dai nationality

On the wedding day, many relatives and friends sent by the man's family came to the woman's house to attend the wedding. Accompanied by the groom, they beat the elephant foot drum and the Tang drum all the way to the woman's house, beaming, and set off firecrackers and bird's nest along the way to increase the festive atmosphere and drive away evil spirits. The wedding begins at the woman's door: a carpet is laid on the floor, a small altar is placed on it, and flowers and fruit wine are placed on the table.

2. Binding ceremony

In the hall of Zhulou, there is a small table with two conical hats made of banana leaves on it and a cooked male hen under it. There are also gifts from the man to the woman on the table, such as clothes, skirts, silver belts, bracelets and so on. In addition, there are glutinous rice, brown sugar, bananas, salt, white lines and so on. At the beginning of the binding ceremony, the bride and groom knelt side by side at the wedding table and received the old man's blessing.

3. Banquet

After tying the thread, one chicken on the table was dedicated to the wedding ceremony and the other was shared with the boys. I wish them find their beloved girl as soon as possible and tie the thread happily. The rest of the things are placed next to the curtains of the newlyweds and can't be eaten for three days.

Step 4 sing

During the wedding, singing by A Dai singer Zanha is essential. Dai people often say that a wedding without Zanha is not lively and the wine is not good. When people eat and drink, they listen to the songs of praise and sing wonderful things, and people will burst into cheers of water, water and water.

5. The second day of marriage

At dawn the next day, the groom will return to his parents' home and his wife's home at night. On the third day, the man's parents came to the woman's house to recognize relatives with cold noodles and other things, and sent a piece of cold noodles to relatives and friends respectively. On the fifth day after marriage, the bride and groom took cold noodles to the man's house to recognize their relatives, and at the same time gave a piece of cold noodles to relatives and friends, who also gave gifts to the bride. At this point, the whole wedding is over.

Extended data

It is a traditional custom of the Dai people that the husband lives in the woman's house. Before liberation, the husband visited the woman's house. Three years later, at the request of the man's parents, the woman's parents agreed to take her wife to live in her parents' house. The woman marries the man's house, and after the woman has lived in the man's house for three years, the couple will live in the woman's house again, and so on until another portal inherits one party's property.

After liberation, this situation has changed. If the man is an only child and his family lacks labor, his parents can ask the woman's parents to take the bride to her husband's family in advance, even seven days after marriage. If the man's family has a large population and sufficient labor force, and the woman's family is an only child or lacks male labor force, the man can leave his wife's life for a long time.

Monogamy is widely practiced in Dai areas. If one of the husband and wife dies first, no matter how old the deceased is, when the funeral is held for the deceased, a ceremony to sever the relationship with the deceased will be held.

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