What are the traditional festivals of Wa nationality?

June 24th of the lunar calendar is a festival every year, which is similar to the Torch Festival of other nationalities, but it has its own national characteristics. On the day of the festival, all poultry, livestock, production tools and daily necessities should be collected in a closed way and not left in the wild. Things borrowed by others should also be recovered, and family members are not allowed to go out. In addition to sending girls to the dry valley to pick millet ears or a few leaves and fruits, no one in the village is allowed to work in the mountains and fields, and no one is allowed to go out to visit relatives. Because millet ripens earlier than dry valley, it is called Xiaomi Soul first, for fear that unclean people will eat it first, and the harvest will not be good every year. Millet ears, melons, fruits, etc. Should be slaughtered, steamed glutinous rice, and Baba, the old man recited blessings to call the soul. Guests were forbidden to enter the house this morning.

Whenever night falls, every household should light torches and erect them under the eaves, so that the whole stockade will be as bright as day. Then sprinkle dry wormwood and incense ashes indoors and outdoors to drive away mosquitoes and flies. Young men and women pour out their love by sprinkling incense ashes, old people tour drinking and singing in groups, young people gather on the dance floor to play bamboo balls, and the whole stockade is immersed in the festive atmosphere. Among the Wa festivals, Bianke is the biggest one. People regard it as a grand festival to eliminate disasters and exorcise ghosts, send the old and welcome the new, which indicates family safety, bumper crops and a garden full of six animals. It is regarded as the end of old disasters, hunger and disease and the beginning of new auspiciousness, peace and happiness.

Wa people "receive new water" in the new year.

Wa people celebrate the Spring Festival like Han people. Respecting the elderly is a good fashion of Wa people. On the first day of the first year, they should go to their elders' homes to pay New Year greetings and give each other bananas as a symbol of unity and harmony. Glutinous rice Baba and sugarcane. In the square, young men and women danced in a warm and cheerful circle dance, and old women lined up to dance lightly in the ancient songs, enjoying the joy of the festival.

The Spring Festival is called "Fierce" in the Wa language, and it is the happiest and happiest day of the Wa people in a year. In holiday greetings, the old Wa people often say, "Protect your teeth, support your family, and lie in the mulberry". "Baya" is similar to the Torch Festival of other ethnic groups. "Zhai" is the Mid-Autumn Festival and "Fierce" is the Spring Festival. Toast means putting sumptuous food first, Mid-Autumn second and Spring Festival third. Wa people have three traditional festivals throughout the year, and the Spring Festival is the third.

A few months before the Spring Festival, every household began to prepare delicious food, brew water and wine, prepare holiday clothes for adults and children, repair houses and prepare enough firewood. As the festival approaches, women mow the grass to prepare horse feed.

The Wa Spring Festival is also called "New Water Festival", "Welcome New Water" and "Receive New Water", and the most interesting thing of the Wa Spring Festival is "Receive New Water". A few days before the Spring Festival, people are ready to welcome new water. The whole village held a meeting to kill chickens for divination, and determined one household as the reception household. Each person prepared a bowl of millet or rice, a chicken, a bucket of water wine and a bamboo. The next morning, the wizard came to the water source with sacrifices to worship the water god. After the wizard returned to the stockade, the men in the village immediately came out to repair the ditch, and at least one person from each family should participate. Unless special circumstances are approved by the villagers' meeting, those who do not participate without reason will be given double material punishment. People dig ditches at high places and make water tanks with bamboo at low places. On that day, the water must be led to the door next to the stockade, but not to the stockade. Those who don't take part in water diversion should devote themselves to cleaning, cleaning the village, removing garbage, eradicating weeds, paving the road, and cleaning the front and back of the house, inside and outside.

On the morning of the third day, the sun had just risen to the top of the mountain, and all the men, women and children in the village put on holiday costumes and lined up from outside the village to introduce new water into the village. People smiled and cheered loudly for the arrival of new water. The wizard who has been waiting at the edge of the ravine, holding a small bamboo tube in one hand and banana leaves in the other, is ready to meet the new water. As soon as the new water arrived, he chanted, "I look forward to it day and night. Men, women and children are looking forward to your coming, and finally I am looking forward to you in the stockade. I hope you will keep flowing and bring blessings to the whole village ... "At the same time, I kept paddling on the water with banana leaves to show my love and respect for water. People planted four Mu Cha and planted flowers on both sides of the current. The wizard took a bamboo tube of fresh water to his master's house, poured it into an iron pot full of water, then poured the meat and rice brought by each family into the pot, and cooked the rice in a big pot to prepare for the people in the whole stockade.

After the wizard left the ravine, everyone cheered and flocked to the new water. They took a sip of fresh water first, then washed their hands, face, hair and bath, and took water home with bamboo tubes. In addition to receiving fresh water, the first day of the New Year is a "taboo day" for Wa people, so they can't work, can't go out of the village gate, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the house at night. From the early morning of the next day, relatives and friends visited each other, and the new uncle paid homage to his father-in-law. At the same time, he began to play a song called Kauovo, which kicked off the Spring Festival carnival.

Planting festival

On the Wa mountain where the mountains overlap, during the spring ploughing season, hardworking Wa people are busy raking fields to prepare for planting rice, and at the same time holding an interesting planting festival. Also known as "Yojima" Festival. On Arbor Day, everyone should repair the roads in the village and clean the inside and outside of each house. Young and middle-aged people will automatically form several groups, some of them will go hunting in the mountains and some will go fishing by the river. Cook the caught prey and fish into porridge for everyone to enjoy. If the hunter hits the big deer and wild boar and returns to the village, people will meet them at the entrance of the village and sing hunting songs. There are two forms of "Sheep Island" Festival: village activities and individual activities of residents. For village-wide activities, you have to slaughter a cow in the village square, then cut the beef into pieces and divide it into pieces by households; When families celebrate the "island-building" festival alone, every housewife will go to her field to do some symbolic planting actions. Make another pot of water wine in the evening to entertain people who help repair the house. In the evening, all the men, women and children in the village gather at the edge of Honghuotang, drinking and singing songs of blessing. The lead singer must be an elder or a respected old singer.

New rice festival?

Every year from the seventh day to the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, the "New Rice Festival" is celebrated twice. In July, early rice began to mature and celebrated the first "New Rice Festival". Also known as "tasting new rice", Wa language is called "Peng 'ao" or "Boao". In August, a large number of rice matured and the "New Rice Festival" was celebrated for the second time. It is also called "eating new rice", and the Wa people call it "Peng Ting" or "Aowa". On the day of "New Rice Festival", the host got up early to prepare chickens, pigs and beef for the festival. Then carry a reed on your back and pick a new grain in the rice field. On the road, pay attention to the sounds of animals. If you hear the sound of muntjac or horn cloth falling (birds) on the way, you will think it is unlucky. Go home immediately and postpone the holiday. If there is no abnormality, continue on the road. The collected chaff is sent to the altar, where the ears are rubbed out by hand, fried in an iron pan, and then new rice is brewed. Some salt is sprinkled on the altar for a while and then cooked. Then, scoop out chickens, pigs and beef, sprinkle salt on them, and offer them to the altar, so that Moba can read a spell, which means to report the death of his ancestors and come back to eat new food. Keep your family safe. If there is no magic wand present, the master will smack his lips on the altar to show that the ancestors have come to eat. Let Moba and the old people at home eat the new rice worshipped by God before others can share it. This is the rule of family sacrifice. During family festivals, outsiders are not allowed to enter. The master told his children to keep watch outside the door. In case outsiders look for it, the child politely refuses to enter the house. After the ceremony, the host opened the door and announced to the whole village that he had celebrated the "New Rice Festival" and invited them to celebrate the "New Rice Festival". An endless stream of guests came with gifts to congratulate and warmly celebrate the "New Rice Festival".

Young crop festival

From May 20th to May 20th, 2 1 year, the Wa Youth Day celebration was held in Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County, Lincang. Youth Day is a traditional festival for the Wa people in Sipaishan Township, and it is also a way for the local Wa people to pray for a bumper harvest of grain and the prosperity of six livestock in the coming year.

Every festival, deafening wooden drums and melodious songs will ring, and Wa people dressed in festive costumes will flock to the music scene, stepping on the steps of singing and dancing, dancing with long knives and looking at long hair. In an instant, the venue will present a sea of joy. Gorgeous costumes are accompanied by stretching dances, drums, whistles, songs, and the rustling of silver bells, like affectionate blessings. The clever and brave Wagang waved a long knife and danced with the pride of the workers. The hardworking and simple Wa girl lifted her long hair and twisted her body to get out of the joy of the Wa people. At sunset, the fire was lit and the flute sounded. The Wa people never stopped moving forward, singing and dancing. At midnight, a crescent moon rises gradually, and Wa people leave the bonfire in groups of three or five, but they can't take away the festive atmosphere of the concert hall.