Dai customs and habits

Men wear collarless double-breasted or large-breasted small sleeve jackets, long-sleeved trousers, blankets when it is cold, and white or green cloth on their heads.

Women traditionally wear short sleeves and skirts. Dai women in Xishuangbanna wear white or scarlet underwear with small waist, wide hem and various tube skirts.

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When a boy is eleven or twelve years old, he is required to embroider various animals, flowers, geometric patterns or Dai patterns on his chest, back, abdomen, waist and limbs for decoration.

Third, food.

The Dai people mainly eat rice, while the Dehong area eats japonica rice, and Xishuangbanna likes glutinous rice. I like drinking, eating hot and sour, and aquatic products such as fish and shrimp. Generally, people have the habit of chewing betel nut.

Fourth, housing.

Most villages are built by the water, surrounded by bamboo and streams. Gan Lan architecture is the characteristic of Dai folk houses, which is divided into upper and lower floors. In most parts of Dehong, Dai people live in thatched bungalows and quadrangles.

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The Dai people in the frontier generally believe in Hinayana Buddhism, while retaining the remnants of primitive ghost worship. There are many Buddhist temples in rural areas, and their organizational system is closely coordinated with feudal ruling institutions. In Xishuangbanna, almost all underage men used to live a monk's life, chanting scriptures, and then go home, and some even practiced becoming monks themselves. Buddhism has obvious influence on the daily life, customs and habits of Dai people.

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Dai festivals are mostly related to religious activities, mainly related to the door god festival, the opening ceremony and the water splashing festival.

It closes in the middle of June and opens in the middle of September. During the three months from the closing day to the opening day, religious activities such as worshipping Buddha and listening to Buddha's lectures are the most frequent in a year, and the elderly are more frequent. After the opening ceremony, the normal life before the festival will be resumed.

Songkran Festival is the Dai New Year, which is about 10 day after Tomb-Sweeping Day in summer. There will be water splashing, dragon boat racing, flying high and other activities, which is the biggest festival every year.

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