Sixth grade, second semester, second unit essay on folklore and folk customs of the 400-word essay fast I give the points

The "Torch Festival" is celebrated for three days:

The first day of the Torch Festival: Fire Sacrifice. On this day, villages and hamlets will slaughter cows and kill sheep, share collectively, and prepare wine and meat for ancestors. When night falls, people from neighboring villages will set up altars at locations chosen by the elders, light the sacred fire by striking stones in the traditional way, and have the Bimo (Yi folk priests) recite scriptures to offer the fire. Then, every family, adults and children will take the torch made of artemesia grass from the hands of Bimo, and roam around the corners of the fields, following the legend of Ash ugly woman who drove away insects with fire.

The second day of the Torch Festival: passing the fire. On this day, every family gathers under the sacred fire at the altar to hold all kinds of traditional festival activities. The boys are expected to follow the example of the legendary Ati Raba, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, goatfighting and cockfighting. The girls follow the example of the legendary ugly woman, dressed in beautiful clothes, holding up butter umbrellas, dancing "Doloho", Dasi dance. On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of the Yi family. Elderly people have to follow the legend of the Ati Raba hard-working and brave, heroic and divine and Ash ugly woman kind and intelligent, beautiful and generous standards from the boys and girls selected once a year in the beauty of men and women. At nightfall, a pair of loving men and women, in the mountains, on the banks of the stream, under the yellow umbrellas, plucking the moon lyre, playing the mouth string, telling each other how much they love each other. Therefore, some people call the Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival the "Valentine's Day of the East".

The third day of the festival: sending fire. This is the climax of the entire Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival. When night falls on this day, everyone runs around with torches in their hands. Finally, people will be in the hands of the torch together, forming a pile of huge bonfires, happy people will gather around the bonfire to sing, dance, the scene is extremely spectacular. Therefore, it is also known as the "Oriental Carnival Night".

The Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other nationalities, with deep folk cultural connotations, known both at home and abroad, known as the "Oriental Carnival". Different ethnic groups held the torch festival time is different, mostly in the lunar calendar June 24, the main activities are bullfighting, sheep fighting, cock fighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty pageants and so on.

The other Hani tribe does not seem to have a torch festival.