What are the traditional festivals of ethnic minorities?

1, the "Torch Festival" of the Yi people. Every year, June 24th of the lunar calendar is a grand traditional festival of the Yi people-Torch Festival. Early this morning, all the Yi people, men, women and children, dressed in festive costumes, gathered together, drank alcohol to celebrate during the day, and conducted bullfighting, wrestling, horse racing, archery and other activities. There will be a bonfire party and a torch parade in the evening. Numerous torches swam across the fields of Shan Ye, and the scenery was spectacular.

2. The "Danu Festival" of Yao nationality. On the 29th of May in the lunar calendar, it is a traditional festival "Da Nu" celebrated by Yao people in Du 'an, Guangxi. On this day, everyone wears gorgeous clothes to visit relatives and friends in the village to celebrate the harvest. The village drummed on bronze drums, sang and danced, and enjoyed a bumper harvest.

The legend of Danu Festival comes from this: in ancient times, there was a grandmother named Miroto. When a man and a woman grow up, grandma lets them live a self-reliant life with farm tools and seeds. Brother and sister cultivated land to grow crops, but the fruits were eaten up by wild boar, gophers and birds.

3. Nadam. "Nadam" is Mongolian, also known as "Nair", and "Nadam" is a transliteration of Mongolian, meaning "entertainment and games" to express the joy of harvest. The "Nadam" conference is a traditional festival with a long history in Mongolia and occupies an important position in the life of the Mongolian people.

Nadam, which begins on the fourth day of the sixth lunar month every year, is a grand gathering of Mongolian people. The contents of the Nadam Congress mainly include wrestling, horse racing, archery, horse riding, playing Mongolian chess and other traditional ethnic events. In some places, there are track and field, tug of war, basketball and other sports.

4. The Water Splashing Festival, also known as "Buddha Washing Festival" and "Cold Monk Festival", is a traditional festival of Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang, Thai and Southeast Asia. On that day, China Xishuangbanna, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and other countries, as well as overseas Thai settlements such as Hong Kong Kowloon City and Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province.

During the period, everyone sprinkled purified water on each other and prayed to wash away the troubles of the past year. Songkran Festival is the New Year of the Dai people, which is equivalent to the middle of April in the Gregorian calendar and generally lasts for 3 to 7 days.

5. Tool holder joint. "Knife and Pole Festival" is an annual traditional sports festival of Lisu people in Lunmashan, Yunnan. The time is the eighth day of the second lunar month. Knife and pole festival originated from a legend, to commemorate the achievements of Wang Shang, a minister of war who observed the sufferings of border people in the Ming Dynasty.