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What are the main festivals of ethnic minorities in Yunnan?

1, Munao Zongge Festival of Jingpo Nationality

Munao Zongge Festival is the main traditional festival of Jingpo nationality. It is scheduled for the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month every year. Lianghe Jingpo people mainly belong to Su Lang (Loa) branch. Munao Zongge (called tibetan songs in Su Lang) means that everyone dances together, that is, "the dance of ten thousand people".

The festival is held in the center of the square with a row of vertical eyes. People lined up in a long line, and men wore hats and danced with peacock feathers as the top ornaments. All the men are dancing vigorously, all full of energy. Women shook colorful handkerchiefs and fans, decorated with silver bubbles and silver chains, dancing like butterflies and proud like peacocks.

Dances are arranged in an array, and the formation changes orderly, sometimes like colorful exercises, and sometimes like a faint mist; A large number of people, large scale, magnificent, vigorous and lively dance steps. Accompanied by wooden drums, manggongs, "Dongba" and flutes, the singing melody of "Oh, it's so hot" flew to the sky and resounded throughout Jingpo Mountain.

2. Aruvoro Festival of Achang people

Lianghe is one of the two Achang inhabited areas in China. There are three Achang autonomous counties in China, and Lianghe alone accounts for two, namely Jiubao and Jusong Achang Autonomous County.

According to historical records, Achang nationality was the first frontier ethnic group to live in Qinghai and Gansu Plateau, and some of them migrated from western Sichuan to western Yunnan very early. Around the 3rd century, some of them moved steeply along Yunlong, Baoshan and Tengchong, and finally settled in Lianghe area.

In ancient times, Chang was a good singer and dancer. Chang's songs are clear and clear, and Chang's dance is solemn and simple. The most solemn traditional festival of Achang nationality full of national characteristics is the "Snail Lying Festival".

3. The Legend of De 'ang Flower Watering Festival

De 'ang nationality (formerly named Benglong) mainly lives in two natural villages, Ergu Town in Lianghe Lemeng Village and Bailutou Village in Song Cun. They are located in subtropical semi-mountainous areas, and their houses are mostly made of bamboo and wood.

Water the Flowers Festival (also known as Water-splashing Festival) is a traditional festival of De 'ang people, starting from five to seven days after Tomb-Sweeping Day and lasting for three days. The flower watering festival and the Dai water splashing festival have the same connotation, but the activities are quite different.

Extended data

1, the festival connotation of Munao Zongge Festival

Munao Zongge Festival is the largest and most grand national festival of Jingpo nationality. Jingpo is called "Munao" and Zawa is called "Zongge", which means that everyone will sing and dance together. It is the biggest sacrificial activity held by Jingpo people to worship the sun god "Mu Dai", and it is also a traditional festival of Jingpo people.

At that time, Jingpo people from three mountains and five ridges will get together and indulge in singing and dancing. When dancing in the vertical direction, there will be thousands of people and over ten thousand people for a long time, so it is also called the dance of ten thousand people. Including a variety of colorful dance forms, dance teams arranged in array, bold and orderly steps, lively rhythm, showing the high level of Jingpo group dance.

All kinds of "Munao Zongge" not only have a long historical tradition and extensive mass, but also show the religious beliefs, moral concepts and cultural and artistic characteristics of Jingpo people. It is a beautiful flower in the cultural and artistic garden of the motherland.

2. Ethnic profile

Achang nationality is a unique minority in Yunnan Province, mainly distributed in Lianghe, Longchuan and Luxi counties of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture in western Yunnan, and some in Tengchong and Longling counties of Baoshan City and Yunlong county of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.

Aruvoro Festival is a traditional festival of Achang nationality, which used to be held on the tenth day of the ninth lunar month every year. "A Lou" and "Lying Snail" are two festivals based on two legends and stories. Aru Woluo Festival is a combination of Woluo Festival popular in Achang areas such as Lianghe, Luxi, Tengchong, Longling and Yunlong and Aru Festival popular in Husa and Lhasa areas of Longchuan County.

3. Ethnic profile

De 'ang (formerly known as Benglong) is one of the ethnic minorities in China. Existing population 15462. , located in subtropical and mid-levels areas, houses are mostly bamboo buildings.

De 'ang people living in Dehong area call themselves De 'ang people, while those living in Zhenkang and Gengma counties call themselves Niang or Na 'ang. "Ang" is a national saying, which means "rock" and "cave". "De", "You" and "Na" are additional words of honorifics.

De 'ang people have their own language and writing. This language belongs to the Wadang branch of the Monkhmer family of South Asian languages. Characters are not widely circulated, and are mainly used to record the history, morality, laws and regulations of the nation and to write Buddhist scriptures. Many people are familiar with Dai, Chinese or Jingpo.

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