Customs of the people of Muri

One, marriage customs

In the territory of Muli, living in a branch of the Tibetan "Xumi" people, in addition to their language and other local Tibetans have a slight difference, their dress, religious beliefs and so on are not the same. Their peculiar marriage customs of polygamy or polyandry have remained intact to this day.

Second, go marriage system customs

In the wood of the foot of the house township territory, still retains the matriarchal clan social form, the home by the woman in charge, family members only matriarchal sisters and brothers and children. The father, who is a member of another family, can only pass through the door at night and leaves in the early morning. This is the family pattern formed by the traditional "marriage system".

Three, Lantern Festival

The Tibetan people of Muri, on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan calendar every year, the Lantern Festival, will light lamps, reciting scriptures, to commemorate the memory of the snowy region of the Wise Wisdom of the top of the Yan, Manjushri incarnation, the second Buddha Tsongkhapa masters.

Four, Buzha dance

Muli Tibetan people will dance Buzha dance. The upper body of the Buzha Dance has a deer head, under the turning finger, lion head, double flying swallow, double swinging hand, double around the push hand and other gesture changes; action has popped the leg jumping forward, jumping crosses, jumping happy spinning, positive and negative cross-legged spinning, pulling the bow and arrows and high leg (hook foot outside), and so on.

Five, Yi skirt ceremony

Muli's Yi girls into adulthood, according to custom to hold a grand skirt ceremony, that is, "change the skirt, combing double braid, pulling the earwire," marking the young girl has grown into adulthood. Yi girls in the "Shalaluo" before, wearing a red and white color skirt, combing a single braid, ear hanging is to wear ear wire.

Six, Yi torch festival

"Torch Festival" is also a traditional festival of the Yi people in Muli, generally more in the summer calendar June 24 or 25. Every Torch Festival, Yi men, women and children, dressed in festive costumes, playing livestock offerings, dancing and singing, horse racing, wrestling. At night, holding torches, turn around homes and fields, and then get together to burn bonfires and dance.

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