What are the traditional festivals of Dong nationality?

1. Dong people have many traditional festivals in a year, most of which are celebrated on the first day of the first month. There are also festivals such as Stove Festival, Pinnian Festival, March 3rd, Wanglin Festival, Wu Fan Festival, Lusheng Festival, Bitter Wine Festival, Fragrance Festival, Niushen Festival, Fireworks Festival, Foggeliang Festival, Forty-eight Village Song Festival, and Bull Running Festival.

2. The Dong nationality is a minority in China, whose national language is Dong language, belonging to the Dong Shui branch of the Zhuang Dong language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, and believing in many gods. The ancestors of the Dong nationality were called "Thousand Hands" in the documents before the pre-Qin period, and it is generally believed that the Dong nationality developed from a branch of ancient Baiyue. Agriculture is the mainstay of the Dong people, and rice cultivation is the mainstay of agriculture.

There are hundreds of Dong festivals in a year, among which there are 84 Dong festivals in Qiandongnan alone, some of which are generally celebrated by the whole nation, and some are festivals with one village and one surname. The Dong area is also called "the hometown of poetry and the ocean of songs" because singing occupies a lofty position in the social life of the Dong people.