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Festivals of all ethnic groups

Traditional festivals of ethnic minorities

the Mongol nationality

The traditional festivals in Mongolia mainly include the Lunar New Year, and the Mongolian language is "Chagan Saren", that is, Bai Yue. Mongolian New Year Festival, also called "White Festival" or "Bai Yue", is closely related to the whiteness of milk. In addition, there are Zulu Festival, Maier Festival, Aobao Festival, Manhair Festival, Nadam Festival and Horse Milk Festival.

Korean nation

Its festivals are basically the same as those of the Han nationality, mainly including Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Senior Citizen's Day. There are also three family festivals, namely, the baby's first birthday, the family festival (60th birthday) and the wedding festival (60th wedding anniversary). Children, relatives, friends and neighbors will bless and celebrate the old man's birthday whenever he returns to festivals and wedding festivals in Jia Jia.

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The main festivals of the Dai people are the Songkran Festival, the Closing Festival and the Opening Festival, which are all related to Buddhism. Songkran Festival is the biggest festival of Dai people, and it is also the festival with the greatest influence and the largest number of participants among all ethnic groups in Yunnan. 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. On the first day, the Dai language was called "Mairi", which was similar to the Chinese New Year's Eve. The next day, the Dai language is called "angry day" (empty day); The third day is the New Year, called "Overlord Horse", which means the beginning of a year. People think this day is the most beautiful and auspicious day.

A complete list of traditional festivals of ethnic minorities

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Zhuang people

The traditional festivals of Zhuang nationality mainly include the March 3rd Song Festival (Dragon Boat Festival), the Lunar New Year Festival (called "Men's Festival" or "Calling the Soul Festival"), the Dragon End Festival (Zhuang language, meaning to drive the dam), the Spring Festival, the Gyro Festival, the Flower Festival, the Chili Festival and the Mahuai Festival (Frog Festival). In addition, there are many fixed religious festivals in Zhuang nationality every year. For example, some Zhuang people offer sacrifices to the "elderly hall" in the first month (also in May) and February (also on the sixth day of June or 10), which is very popular during the off-year period. Every February, "Dragon Boat Festival" is the same festival for all branches. During the "Dragon Boat Festival", two or more families in the village take turns to bear the chickens, pigs and other sacrifices needed for the calendar; On Memorial Day, people outside the village or people riding horses or wearing buckets are not allowed to pass through the center of the village. People are used to thinking that killing pigs on the Dragon Boat Festival every year can make people and animals safe and the grain will be plentiful. Sacrifice to Raytheon in March, and sacrifice "Tiangong" after planting seedlings. "Worship ancestors" in July. In August, the villagers offered sacrifices to the land. In December, "farewell to ancestors".

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Dongxiang people, like other ethnic groups with religious beliefs, have three major festivals every year, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, all of which come from Islam.

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Hounan Festival is an annual grand festival of Bulang people, which is held on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day in March of the lunar calendar, that is, from April of Gregorian calendar 13 to June of 15. During the festival, the main activity is to throw water at each other, and the ceremony is held in full accordance with the primitive traditional way of the Bulang people-the custom of welcoming Japan, so people call it the Festival of Welcoming Japan.

Female (female)

The main festivals are: Spring Festival, which is called "Jigamu" or "Sisi Festival"; Fairy Festival, also known as Flower Festival, is a traditional festival of Nu people living in Gongshan area, which lasts from March 15 to 17 every year. Sacrificing to the Valley God and calling you "You are" angrily was originally a traditional festival of Nu people in Pihe area of Bijiang County, and the time was on December 29th of the lunar calendar every year. Hold sacrificial activities and pray for the blessing of the Valley God.