What are the customs, eating customs and marriage customs of De 'ang nationality?

Customs: Songkran Festival, Closing Festival, Opening Festival, making decorations and burning white firewood.

1, Songkran Festival

Water-sprinkling Festival (called "watering flowers" locally) is an annual traditional festival of De 'ang people, which falls on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. The festival 1 has three days. On the day of the ceremony, all the De 'ang people put on their holiday costumes, carried clear water from Jinglide Ang on their backs, brought all kinds of food prepared in advance, and gathered in the Buddhist temple (Fang Ling) in their village to celebrate the festival.

The ceremony was presided over by the venerable elders in the village and delivered a congratulatory message. After the toast, the young man rang the elephant foot drum and jumped up. Young women joined the drums and danced "sand dance". Others hold bamboo barrels in their hands, hold them above their heads, pour water into water tanks carved with dragons and paintings in turn, and bathe the Buddha statue symbolizing the incarnation of the Buddha, which means remembering the kindness of their ancestors and wishing good weather in the coming year.

2. Closing day

The closed day is called "entering the depression" in De 'ang language. The Dai calendar begins on September 15 (mid-June of the lunar calendar) every year and lasts for 3 months. Harvest Festival is the busiest time for agricultural production. It requires young men and women to restrain themselves and concentrate on agricultural production and labor.

In other words, the door of love and marriage is closed. During the festival, love is forbidden, men and women are not allowed to marry, and monks are not allowed to stay in the village. They should live in a Buddhist temple, concentrate on chanting scriptures and improve their virtue. Three days before the closing ceremony, people went to the Buddhist temple to worship Buddha and work hard, while young men and women got together to sing "Don't do firewood" (a De 'ang folk song) and dance.

After three days, every seven days, everyone will make a small contribution to the Buddha with flowers, incense sticks and candles. On the eighth day, they will go to the Buddhist temple to worship the Buddha, listen to the Buddha chanting, and pray for the Buddha to bless people and animals, and the grain will be fruitful.

3. Opening Day

The opening day, called "Chuva" in De 'ang language, is held every year on the 5th day of the Dai calendar1February/kloc-0 (September of the lunar calendar), which is the last day of the closed day and lasts for 3 days. The opening day opened the door to love and marriage. At this point, the busy farming has ended.

On the first day, a religious ceremony was held in De 'ang village to celebrate the grain harvest. The next day, unmarried girls will go to the Buddhist temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, thanking the Buddha for opening the door to love and marriage. On the last morning, young men and women will listen to the Buddha's sermon, and then the locals will drive the market out to worship the Buddha.

Step 4 make a pendulum

Putting on a show, that is, paying a big tribute, is also called "rushing to the scene", which is usually held on a certain day in February and March of the lunar calendar. The pendulum is placed in the village as a unit. Before the exhibition, the village should prepare food, funds, cattle, meat and other materials in advance to provide accommodation for participants in other stockades near and far.

The first day was to welcome the Buddha, and the next day, after worshipping the Buddha, everyone listened to the Buddha's lecture. On the last day, the guests left, and the people in the stockade got together, singing and dancing. It is said that posing can make people in this village clean and safe, avoid disasters and ward off evil spirits.

5. Burning white wood

Burning white firewood, called "Kongtong" in De 'ang language, is held every year on the evening of December 14th of the lunar calendar. The so-called white wood is a tree with no skin and white surface. Before the festival, De 'ang village sent people up the mountain to cut white firewood and put it near the village according to the shape of the well.

Food customs:

Tea is the most important drink of De 'ang people. Especially adult men and middle-aged and elderly women, they can't live without tea for almost a day and like to drink strong tea. When they drink tea, they often put a handful of tea leaves in a small teapot and add a little water to boil. When the tea leaves are dark brown, they pour them into a small teapot to drink. Because this kind of tea is very strong, most people are very excited after drinking it, and they will stay up all night at night.

De 'ang people are addicted to it because they often drink it. As long as you don't drink for a day, you will be weak in hands and feet and limbs. On the contrary, if you make a pot of strong tea and take a few sips when you are tired, you will feel refreshed immediately.

Marriage customs:

The marriage of De 'ang nationality is monogamous, with the same surname but not married, and rarely intermarries with foreigners. Young men and women can fall in love freely, and women also have some autonomy in choosing partners. There is no strict hierarchical marriage in this country. Rich and poor families can get married as long as the other party wants.

At the age of 14 or 15, young men began to string girls. In the evening, I will play lusheng outside the young women's home to attract girls to fall in love. After the two sides established their feelings, they gave each other daily necessities such as bracelets, belts, collars, bamboo sticks and brocade bags, and then invited the elderly in the village to the woman's house as matchmakers.

Extended data:

Music:

The favorite musical instruments of De 'ang people are generally the elephant foot drum, cymbals, cymbals, cymbals, cucurbits, flutes, small three-stringed instruments and oral strings, which are mostly used for singing and "string playing".

Dance:

De 'ang people have the custom of dancing on major festivals. The typical dance is elephant foot drum dance, in which the De 'ang people beat drums, with men playing cymbals and cymbals as the lead, followed by other men, women and children, and danced in a circle with certain steps and gestures. There are also men and women divided into two circles, men forming the outer circle and women forming the inner circle.

A man in a straw hat took the lead in drumming, followed by other men, lifted his trouser legs, exposed the tattoos on his legs, and danced around the venue. In the inner circle of women, the leading young women beat gongs and drums to cooperate with the young men who beat drums, and the following young women danced side by side with the young men.

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