What festivals do Dai people have?

1, Songkran Festival: Dai New Year. From June 24th to 26th in the Dai calendar (mid-April in the summer calendar), the festival lasts for 3 to 5 days. In the early morning of the festival, men, women and children bathe and change clothes, and go to the Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha, that is, sprinkle water on the Buddha to wash the dust, and then splash water on each other to eliminate disasters.

2, Kaimen Festival: Dai language is called "Chuao", which means that the Buddha leaves the temple. Traditional religious festivals of Dai people in Yunnan. It is held on1February15th of the Dai calendar every year. Its activities are the same as the closing day. On the day of Dai calendar1February 15, what was put behind the Buddha when entering the cave was taken out and burned, indicating that the Buddha had come out of the cave. /kloc-on 0/6, the monk left the cave, and the whole family went to the cave to worship Buddha. /kloc-A grand "flower-catching" activity was held on 0/7, because the Buddha returned to the world after giving a lecture in the Western Heaven for three months, so all villages had to beat gongs and drums to hold a grand welcoming activity for the Buddha, and at the same time confessed their sins to the Buddha in the shack for one year. Monks take this opportunity to preach teachings to young men and women.

3. Closing the Door Festival: Dai language is called "entering the depression", which means that Buddha enters the temple. Yunnan Dai traditional religious festival, lasting for three months, began in the fifteenth day of the ninth year of the Dai calendar (mid-July of the lunar calendar).

4. Youtianba Festival: a traditional Dai festival in the area of Qimaba in Lu Chun County. It is held on the 13th day of the first lunar month every year, and the festival lasts for one day. This is a traditional festival unique to the local Dai people. On the morning of the 13th day of the first month, when the morning sun shines on the Dai water town, Dai men and women who can sing and dance put on festive costumes and gather under the big green trees in the center of the stockade. The gongs and drums are loud, and the singers are holding fragrant rice wine and singing Spring Festival songs and Four Seasons songs. The crowd danced the traditional dual dance on the drums, and the whole dam was full of joy. It was not until the sun rose high in the sky that the musical concert came to an end. At this time, an elder announced: "Dam patrol begins!" " After a while, people intoxicated with the singing and dancing immediately formed a very orderly team: eight young people holding colorful flags led the way, and the people behind them blew their horns all the way; Some beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and gunpowder, and slowly walked to Tianba. After walking according to the predetermined route, people get together and make village rules and regulations during the busy period of spring ploughing to ensure that spring ploughing can be completed in season.

5. Flower Street Festival: also called "Hot Water Pond Flower Street Festival". The traditional folk festival of the Dai people in Yuanjiang, Yunnan Province is held on the seventh day of the first lunar month every year for one day. People have also bathed in hot springs in hot pools to get rid of the filth of the old year and greet the new year cleanly and coolly. On this day, unmarried young men and women will also hold duets to find partners.